单词 | inadvisedness |
释义 | inadvisednessn.ΚΠ 1663 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi 2nd Pt. Massaniello his Body Taken 122 The Duke of Guise..was much taxed of inadvisedness to leave the City. 1681 J. Kettlewell Measures Christian Obed. v. vii. 707 They, who scarce ever sin wilfully at all..are wont most frequently through indeliberation and inadvisedness to miscarry. 1891 Rep. Supreme Court Missouri 105 626 The parties to said contract,..by ignorance, improvidence or inadvisedness, overlooked and ignored the fact that the bank building then owned by said bank had been paid for out of the assets of said bank. 2. The quality or fact of being inadvisable; inadvisability. 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 1774 Earl of Shelburne Let. 8 Jan. in E. Fitzmaurice Life (1876) II. vii. 284 The competency of the House of Commons to judge of all matters of supply, in every part of the King's dominions, and the inadvisedness of any interference, by the King or otherwise, with this their exclusive privilege. 1880 Jrnl. Common Council City of Detroit 718/1 Several objections might be urged against the proposition, but I think it necessary to mention but one or two to convince you of its inadvisedness. 1978 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 9 181 The War Office had been advised to cease its surveys of the region in view of the military impracticability and political inadvisedness of operations there. 2016 @danielmintz 24 May in twitter.com (accessed 22 Feb. 2020) Yeah, mostly just a comment on the inadvisedness of that particular characterization. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1663 |
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