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English
Adjective
ill-advised (comparative more ill-advised, superlative most ill-advised)
- Carried out without the benefit of wise counsel or careful deliberation, or carried out with unwise counsel.
2013, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:Ashley Young's ill-advised attempt to dribble out of danger ended in a corner and when Steven Gerrard's delivery was headed goalwards by Daniel Agger, Sturridge deflected it home from virtually on the line.
- (informal) Acting unwisely.
1971, Gabriel Kingsley Osei, Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus, page 42:You are ill-advised to boast of that foul deed.
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Translations
carried out without wise counsel