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adjective
blind, disadvantageous, hasty, heedless, ill-advised, ill-judged, impolitic, impolitical, improvident, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, inconsideratus, inconsultus, indiscreet, inexpedient, inopportune, insufficiently considered, irrational, lacking discretion, misguided, needless, negligent, objectionable, precipitate, reckless, showing lack of judgment, showing poor judgment, temerarious, temerarius, thoughtless, unadvisable, uncalculating, unconsidered, undesirable, undiscerning, unfit, unprofitable, unreasoned, unsound, unsuitable, unwary, unwise
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arbitrary, careless, ill-advised, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, impulsive (rash), inadvisable, inept (inappropriate), irrational, misadvised, negligent, precipitate, puerile, reckless, remiss, unfit, unpolitic, unprofessional, unreasonable
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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Injudicious — In ju*di cious, a. [Pref. in not + judicious; cf. F. injudicieux.] 1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser. [1913 Webster] An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
injudicious — 1640s, from IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + JUDICIOUS (Cf. judicious). Related: Injudiciously … Etymology dictionary
injudicious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing poor judgement; unwise. DERIVATIVES injudiciously adverb injudiciousness noun … English terms dictionary
injudicious — [in΄jo͞o dish′əs] adj. [ IN 2 + JUDICIOUS] showing poor judgment; not discreet or wise injudiciously adv. injudiciousness n … English World dictionary
injudicious — adj. (formal) injudicious to + inf. (it was injudicious of you to speak to the press) * * * [ˌɪndʒʊ dɪʃəs] (formal) injudicious to + inf. (it was injudicious of you to speak to the press) … Combinatory dictionary
injudicious — in|ju|di|cious [ˌındʒu:ˈdıʃəs] adj formal an injudicious action, remark etc is not sensible and is likely to have bad results ▪ He has apologized for his injudicious remarks. >injudiciously adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
injudicious — [[t]ɪ̱nʤʊdɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe a person or something that they have done as injudicious, you are critical of them because they have shown very poor judgement. [FORMAL] He blamed injudicious comments by bankers for… … English dictionary
injudicious — adjective formal an injudicious action, remark etc is not sensible and is likely to have bad results: I thought his choice of words injudicious, to say the least. injudiciously adverb injudiciousness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
injudicious — adjective Date: 1649 not judicious ; indiscreet, unwise < injudicious outbursts > • injudiciously adverb • injudiciousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
injudicious — injudiciously, adv. injudiciousness, n. /in jooh dish euhs/, adj. not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision. [1640 50; IN 3 + JUDICIOUS] * * * … Universalium