单词 | inadvisable |
释义 | inadvisableadj. That is not advised or recommended; likely to have adverse consequences; imprudent, unwise. Cf. unadvisable adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adjective] unexpedientc1449 discommendable?1537 unpolitic1548 politicless1556 disagreeing1568 impolitica1600 inexpedient1608 unpractical1638 unpolitical1643 unpractic1657 uncounsellablea1674 uneligible1690 unprosperable1690 impolitical1748 unadvisable1758 ineligible1779 inadvisable1782 1782 J. Williams Considerations Amer. War 20 Was there any prospect of drawing the Americans from their new allies,..such a stop would be inadvisable. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 402 Sugar is inadvisable. 1953 Times 3 Oct. 3/4 Coventry isolation hospital is now receiving only cases which it would be inadvisable to send..to the isolation hospital at..Birmingham. 2014 Observer 1 June (Mag.) 50/1 There's also the risk of wasting money on an inadvisable summer purchase. Derivatives ˌinadvisaˈbility n. the quality of not being advised or recommended; imprudence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [noun] unexpediency1607 inexpedience1608 inexpediency1641 unpoliticness1654 impoliticness1680 impoliticalness1695 impolicy1747 inadvisedness1774 unpracticalness1828 unadvisableness1833 inadvisability1839 unpracticality1840 undesirability1870 1839 Morning Post 13 Dec. The report.., which named your petitioner's design as the best, did, nevertheless, accompany such honourable distinction by remarks as to its impracticability, inadvisability, and incapability of being made a durable edifice. 1928 D. H. Miller Drafting of Covenant xxxiii. 462 Mr. Wilson spoke on the matter,..suggesting the inadvisability of putting the amendment into the Covenant. 2004 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 15 Feb. 14/3 If there's a message..it probably has something to do with..the inadvisability of putting all your eggs in one basket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1782 |
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