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injudicious, a.|ɪndʒuːˈdɪʃəs| [in-3.] Not judicious. †1. Wanting sound judgement; deficient in the power of judging aright. Obs.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. iii. ix. (R.), You see..how unsafe it is..for an unexpert and injudicious person to meddle with the holy oracles of the Almighty. 1654Warren Unbelievers C, The hearts of the in-judicious multitude. 1684–90T. Burnet Th. Earth (J.), A philosopher would either think me in jest, or very injudicious, if I took the earth for a body regular in itself, if compared with the rest of the universe. a1694Tillotson (J), A sharp wit may find something in the wisest man, whereby to expose him to the contempt of injudicious people. 2. Not manifesting practical judgement or discretion; showing want of judgement in action, behaviour, etc.; unwise, ill-advised, ill-judged.
1710Steele Tatler No. 173 ⁋1 Our Teachers are also as injudicious in what they put us to learn. 1792Murphy Life Johnson in J.'s Wks. (1816) I. 47 It is painful to be thus obliged to vindicate a man..against an injudicious biographer. 1797T. Bewick Brit. Birds (1847) I. 351 Our very unequal and injudicious game laws. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. viii, Squeers said what Mrs. Squeers had said was injudicious. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India I. 227 An injudicious departure from the practice of negociating with that country through India. |