as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
it's inadvisable to have public arguments in the hallways
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Recent Examples of inadvisable
The Beers Criteria, a directory of drugs often deemed inadvisable for older adults, recently published recommendations for alternative medications and nonpharmacological treatments for frequent problems.
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Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Messner’s name would come up repeatedly on Ojos, as a shorthand for either the pure or the inadvisable approach to our expedition.
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Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Doing anything to affect his production at the plate would be inadvisable.
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Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
Some of the locomotion strategies used would be inadvisable with the real Atlas.
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Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 July 2013
See All Example Sentences for inadvisable
Paula Span,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Messner’s name would come up repeatedly on Ojos, as a shorthand for either the pure or the inadvisable approach to our expedition.
—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Doing anything to affect his production at the plate would be inadvisable.
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Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
Some of the locomotion strategies used would be inadvisable with the real Atlas.
—
Evan Ackerman,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 July 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inadvisable
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Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
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Live streams and other unfiltered media can expose kids to risky or inappropriate content, so adult guidance is key.
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And this is Minsky’s point, that speculative excesses during euphoric, transformative periods result in imprudent financing, fragility, and instability.
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
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While the expiration of the enhanced ACA subsidies at the end of 2025 made insurance more expensive for millions of consumers, the HHS assistant secretary for planning and evaluation report cited efforts to crack down on improper signups.
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The agency is also asking visitors to the World Cup game or Fan Fest to report any unsafe or improper drone use to the FBI tipline at 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Here, however, the joke is that appearances can be deceiving — or to be more specific, that trying to act like a character in a movie is a reckless, unwise thing to do.
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The owners likely would be unwise to roll out identical offers over and over.
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And again, many of the reforms backfired or proved injudicious, but some of them remain powerful to this day.
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.
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Smaller seats, less legroom, meals on a budget, and now someone whispering indiscreet sweet nothings to their lover in my ear.
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The most successful and lucrative family vlogs are indiscreet almost by definition—and yet the wrong kind of indiscretion can derail the whole gravy train.
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And no, that was NOT OutKick or FOX who wrote that stupid headline.
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The thing about House of the Dragon is that everything really is quite stupid.
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The Most The business owners who get burned in an exit are almost never careless.
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Still, multitasking can lead to careless errors, irritability or burnout, so take it easy.
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“Inadvisable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inadvisable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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