Injudicious
[ɪndʒʊ'dɪʃəs] or ['ɪndʒʊ'dɪʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; 'an injudicious measure'; 'the result of an injudicious decision' .
Typist: Melville--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
(a.) Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an injudicious measure.
Checker: Polly
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unwise, indiscreet, imprudent, inconsiderate, foolish, rash, incautious, hasty, ill-judged, ill-advised.
Edited by Ervin
Definition
adj. void of or wanting in judgment: imprudent: inconsiderate.—adj. Injudic′ial not according to law-forms.—adv. Injudic′iously.—n. Injudic′iousness.
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Examples
- On his side, he looked down at her with an indulgence so injudicious and so ill-deserved, that I really felt called on to interfere. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It will be obvious that any details which would help the reader exactly to identify the college or the criminal would be injudicious and offensive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I think them injudicious, but I am not paid for giving any opinion on their merits. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It might be injudicious to gauge the greatness of a man by the number of his callers or his letters; but they are at least an indication of the degree to which he interests the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And may I represent to you that it's injudicious to say the bee? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- An injudicious tax offers a great temptation to smuggling. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Had he betrayed injudicious emotion, perhaps obstinate persistence in silence would have been the result; but he looked calm, strong, trustworthy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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