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unadˈvisable, a.
[un-1 7 b and 5 b.]
1. Of persons: That cannot or will not be advised; not open to advice.
1673O. Walker Educ. 77 Of angry persons some are..sullen, intractable, unadvisable (a disposition mixed up of pride and melancholy). 1692Wood Life (O.H.S.) IV. 27, I hope his lordship will admit me to his favour, and not think I am unadviseable. 1762Wesley Jrnl. 3 July, There were none of them headstrong or unadvisable, none that were wiser than their teachers. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 216 Till now I have ever considered you, though too unadvisable, to be a man possessed of a considerable share of talents and understanding. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xix. viii. (1873) VIII. 265, I am Astolpho warning Roger..not to trust himself to the Enchantress Alcina; but Roger was unadvisable.
2. Of things: Inexpedient, imprudent.
1758R. Lowth Life Wm. of Wykeham v. 155 Extreme rigour would have been unadviseable in the beginning of a new reign. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. i, Nay were resistance unadvisable, even dangerous, yet surely pause is very natural. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 619 Alcohol in the form of diluted brandy or whisky is unadvisable.
Hence unadˈvisably adv.
1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3822/2 A Soldier..firing unadvisably upon a Centinel. 1877Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxi. 257 It was unadvisably allowed by me to remain in small print. |