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ill-considered

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ill-conĀ·sidĀ·ered (lkn-sdrd)
adj.
Unwise; foolish: ill-considered actions sure to result in disaster.

ill-considered
adj
done without due consideration; not thought out an ill-considered decision
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ill-considered - not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"
imprudent - not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

ill-considered
adjective unwise, rash, imprudent, careless, precipitate, hasty, heedless, injudicious, improvident, overhasty He made some ill-considered remarks about the cost.
Translations
ill-considered [ˈɪlkənˈsɪdəd] ADJ [plan, remark] → poco pensado, poco meditado; [act, decision] → apresurado, irreflexivo
ill-considered [ˌɪlkənˈsɪdəd] adj (plan) → avventato/a
ill-considered [ˌɪlkənˈsɪdəd] adj (plan) → avventato/a


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Some of the strange questions put to me by the woman in white, after my ill-considered promise to leave her free to act as she pleased, had suggested the conclusion either that she was naturally flighty and unsettled, or that some recent shock of terror had disturbed the balance of her faculties.
Clara instantly drew the inevitable conclusion from that ill-considered reply.
They had always been ill-considered, and now worse than ever, having credit with no side or party in the whole country of Scotland.
 
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