From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishill-advisedˌill-adˈvised adjective STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEnot sensible or not wise, and likely to cause problems in the future SYN unwiseill-advised to do something You would be ill-advised to go out alone at night. ill-advised remarks —ill-advisedly /-ədˈvaɪzdəli/ adverb
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ill-advised• But the Police Complaints Authority says the officer's decision was premature and ill-advised.• Everyone is trying to cut spending at the moment, but this decision is ill-advised.• It seemed to be regarded a little shyly, as though its language were faulty, or its reference to pleasure ill-advised.• The bank claims that the company's losses are the result of an ill-advised decision to declare bankruptcy.• an ill-advised decision• In an ill-advised effort to improve matters, they sent him to boarding school.• One doubts that any threat ecosystem will crash from an ill-advised project here and there.• This was risky and proved to be an extremely ill-advised tactic.• Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples.• In the circumstances of 1921, Michael Joyce would have been ill-advised to seek reconciliation with the new order in Ireland.ill-advised to do something• Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples.• Yet we would be ill-advised to dismiss any of them.• It is ill-advised to expect high-flying academics alone to provide the necessary raw material in our communications industry.• Whatever the reason, you would be ill-advised to go out on your own.• In the circumstances of 1921, Michael Joyce would have been ill-advised to seek reconciliation with the new order in Ireland. 