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ill-judged

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ill-judged
adj
rash; ill-advised
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Adj.1.ill-judged - 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-judged
adjective misguided, foolish, rash, unwise, short-sighted, ill-advised, ill-considered, wrong-headed, injudicious, overhasty Critics judged his comments ill-judged and offensive.
Translations
ill-judged [ˈɪlˈdʒʌdʒd] ADJimprudente
ill-judged [ˌɪlˈdʒʌdʒd] adj (remark) → inopportuno/a
ill-judged [ˌɪlˈdʒʌdʒd] adj (remark) → inopportuno/a


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Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.
Such ill-judged marriages are, as might be expected, barren, if they do not result in positive Irregularity or in diminution of sides; but none of these evils have hitherto proved sufficiently deterrent.
But she had never felt so strongly as now the disadvantages which must attend the children of so unsuitable a marriage, nor ever been so fully aware of the evils arising from so ill-judged a direction of talents; talents, which, rightly used, might at least have preserved the respectability of his daughters, even if incapable of enlarging the mind of his wife.
 
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