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  • 1injudicious — adjective Date: 1649 not judicious ; indiscreet, unwise < injudicious outbursts > • injudiciously adverb • injudiciousness noun …

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  • 2Injudicious — In ju*di cious, a. [Pref. in not + judicious; cf. F. injudicieux.] 1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser. [1913 Webster] An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor&#8230; …

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  • 3unwise — I adjective detrimental, disadvantageous, fatuous, foolish, ill advised, ill considered, ill contrived, ill devised, ill judged, ill managed, illogical, impolitic, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inept,&#8230; …

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  • 4Unwise — Un*wise , a. [AS. unw[=i]s. See {Un } not, and {Wise}, a.] Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5injudicious — I adjective blind, disadvantageous, hasty, heedless, ill advised, ill judged, impolitic, impolitical, improvident, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, inconsideratus, inconsultus, indiscreet, inexpedient, inopportune,&#8230; …

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  • 6injudicious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing poor judgement; unwise. DERIVATIVES injudiciously adverb injudiciousness noun …

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  • 7unwise — [adj] stupid, irresponsible childish, foolhardy, foolish, ill advised, ill considered, immature, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, misguided, naive, rash, reckless, senseless,&#8230; …

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  • 8unwise — adjective Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish. unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures Ant: wise …

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  • 9unwise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foolish, injudicious, imprudent, ill advised; senseless, impolitic, indiscreet. See folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill considered, ill advised, rash; see stupid 1 . III (Roget s 3&#8230; …

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  • 10injudicious — injudiciously, adv. injudiciousness, n. /in jooh dish euhs/, adj. not judicious; showing lack of judgment; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet: an injudicious decision. [1640 50; IN 3 + JUDICIOUS] * * * …

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