ill-advised, a.
(ˈɪlədˈvaɪzd)
[ill- 7 c.]
Done without wise consideration or deliberation, injudicious, imprudent; sometimes, ill-counselled, following, or resulting from, bad advice. (Of persons, their actions, etc.)
| c 1592 Marlowe Massacre Paris i. iii, Your grace was ill-advis'd to take them. a 1600 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. iv. §4 They which with ill-advised modesty seek to hide their sin like Adam. 1677 Govt. Venice 321 Vittor Amedeus was very ill-advised to deliver Pignerol to the French. 1728 Young Love Fame iii. 52 To make that hopeless, ill-advis'd attack. 1818 Scott Rob Roy vi, The unfortunate and ill-advised James II. 1880 M{supc}Carthy Own Times III. xlv. 355 The ill-advised undertaking had to be given up. |
Hence ill-adˈvisedly (-ɪdlɪ) adv., in an ill-advised manner, injudiciously, imprudently.
| 1879 Froude Cæsar xxi. 353 So ill-advisedly, so against all my counsels, the whole business has been conducted. 1884 Pall Mall G. 29 Dec. 2/1 The Board, ill advisedly..refused to forward this appeal. |