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ill-ad·vised

(ĭl′əd-vīzd′)

adj.

Performed, carried out, or done without the benefit of wise counsel or careful prior deliberation.

ill′-ad·vis′ed·ly (-vī′zĭd-lē) adv.

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ill-advised

adj

1. acting without reasonable care or thought: you would be ill-advised to sell your house now.

2. badly thought out; not or insufficiently considered: an ill-advised plan of action.

ˌill-adˈvisedly adv

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ill′-advised′

adj.

acting or done without due consideration; imprudent: an ill-advised remark.

[1585–95]

ill`-advis′edly, adv.

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Adj.

ill-advised - without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"

unadvised

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

foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"

advised, well-advised - having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel; "a well-advised delay in carrying out the plan"

ill-advised

adjective misguided, inappropriate, foolish, rash, reckless, unwise, short-sighted, unseemly, foolhardy, thoughtless, indiscreet, ill-judged, ill-considered, imprudent, wrong-headed, injudicious, incautious, impolitic, overhasty She said his remarks had been ill-advised.
seemly, politic, appropriate, wise, sensible, cautious, discreet, prudent, judicious

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ill-advised

adjective

Not wise:

ill-considered, impolitic, imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious, unsound, unwise.

Translations

ill-advised

[ˈɪlədˈvaɪzd] ADJ [remark] → inoportuno; [plan] → desacertado; [attempt] → imprudente
you would be ill-advised to go → harías mejor en no ir, sería poco aconsejable que fueras

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ill-advised

[ˌɪlədˈvaɪzd] adj (plan, remark, decision, person) → sconsiderato/a, avventato/a
see also advise

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Wooll, or any one else, would come to her with their false tales about her own niece, and she would know what to say to that ill-advised person!

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I have plenty of time and there are lots of things to be seen to." There had been that in her voice which had forbidden discussion, and it was a tone to which she was forced to have recourse more than once during the following days when it seemed to her that all her friends were in a conspiracy to persuade her to a hasty, ill-advised upheaval.

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"I scarcely think that you will be so ill-advised," he declared coldly.

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"I cannot help thinking that ladies are ill-advised in not making an effort.

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The ill-advised individual who might happen, through an oversight of the porter, to enter Madame Rabourdin's establishment about eleven o'clock in the morning would have found her in the midst of a disorder the reverse of picturesque, wrapped in a dressing-gown, her hair ill-dressed, and her feet in old slippers, attending to the lamps, arranging the flowers, or cooking in haste an extremely unpoetic breakfast.