Inadvisable
adjective
Not suggested or recommended.
It's inadvisable to walk alone at night in this neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- inadvisable decision
- inadvisable action
adjective
Not suggested or recommended.
It's inadvisable to walk alone at night in this neighborhood.
Often appears as...
- inadvisable decision
- inadvisable action
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
The word 'inadvisable' suggests an action could have negative outcomes or risks.
Skipping the safety briefing is inadvisable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Situations
Often used in formal contexts like business or technical advice to discourage an action.
It's inadvisable to ignore the software update warnings.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority or Experience
Used when someone with expertise or authority suggests against doing something.
My lawyer found it inadvisable to accept the first settlement offer.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
The word 'inadvisable' suggests an action could have negative outcomes or risks.
Skipping the safety briefing is inadvisable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Situations
Often used in formal contexts like business or technical advice to discourage an action.
It's inadvisable to ignore the software update warnings.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority or Experience
Used when someone with expertise or authority suggests against doing something.
My lawyer found it inadvisable to accept the first settlement offer.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Implication
The word 'inadvisable' suggests an action could have negative outcomes or risks.
Skipping the safety briefing is inadvisable.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Situations
Often used in formal contexts like business or technical advice to discourage an action.
It's inadvisable to ignore the software update warnings.
Pro Tip 3/3Authority or Experience
Used when someone with expertise or authority suggests against doing something.
My lawyer found it inadvisable to accept the first settlement offer.
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The perks of being a...
The benefit of not dwelling on the negative and just getting on with the task at hand became self-evident. It even encouraged me to pursue some more fulfilling career paths that may otherwise have been inadvisable. And who would have thought that an appropriate job for me
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The perks of being a...
The benefit of not dwelling on the negative and just getting on with the task at hand became self-evident. It even encouraged me to pursue some more fulfilling career paths that may otherwise have been inadvisable. And who would have thought that an appropriate job for me
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
A. E. Housman
English Poet
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
Quote examples
Jon Cryer
American Actor
I've always done whatever I felt like, even if it was really inadvisable.
Quote examples
A. E. Housman
English Poet
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
Quote examples
Jon Cryer
American Actor
I've always done whatever I felt like, even if it was really inadvisable.
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