misadvisedadj.
/ˌmɪsədˈvʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsədˈvaɪzd/ Ill-advised; misguided, injudicious.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective]
foolisha1382
misadvisedc1390
unwise1390
indiscreet1413
misdeeming?1471
indigested1587
misjudging1598
unjudicial1599
unjudicious1611
unjudging1612
unjudiciallya1628
injudicious1649
ill-judginga1684
miscalculating1827
foot-shooting1984
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > imprudent
undiscreetc1340
unadviseda1382
unprudenta1382
imprudentc1386
unredya1387
loose1390
misadvisedc1390
unavisyc1420
unvertyc1485
liberala1500
unprovident1565
unconsultinga1586
ill-adviseda1593
unforeseeing1602
injudicial1607
unvised1609
improvidenta1616
indiscreeta1616
disadvised?a1648
unprudential1650
injudicious1710
unadvising1719
unprovidential1837
c1390 Vision St. Paul (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 257 (MED) He haþ ben muche mys-auyset, Godus Comaundemens he haþ dispyset.
1400 in F. C. Hingeston Royal & Hist. Lett. Reign Henry IV (1860) I. 37 We was nevere so mys avised to worch agayn the Kyng no his lawes.
?a1425 Gast of Guy (Rawl. Poet. 175) (1898) l. 627 (MED) Þat sall be..To schew him..how þat he was mysauysede, Godes sacramentes when he dispysede.
1469–70 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 306 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Affray made of purpose or by mysse-advised men.
?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 641 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 78 Voydoth from my syght..For ye be mysse-avysed.
a1529 J. Skelton Ware the Hauke (1843) 22 To make complaynte Of such mysaduysed Parsons and dysgysed.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Cc8 Ye misauised beene, t'vpbrayd, A gentle knight with so vnknightly blame.
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. ix. p. lxxxvii In such case the act may be said to be mis-advised.
1817 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 23 Jan. 2 Members of the Executive..are misguided, misadvised, but they do not want good intentions.
1925 Educ. Res. Bull. 27 May 233 The public possibly will not tender such assistance if it be unadvised or misadvised in regard to what the schools are doing.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Mar. c4/6 A long series of seemingly misadvised jump shots.
2000 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 7 June c1 The stumbling, misadvised course the season-ticket drive has taken.
Derivatives
misadˈvisedly adv. ill-advisedly, imprudently.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > imprudently
amissc1275
unadvisedlyc1340
unadviselyc1380
undiscreetlyc1380
unadvised1390
unredilya1398
unprudentlyc1425
indiscreetlyc1450
unvisedly1488
unprovisedlya1500
imprudently?1541
misadvisedly1548
unforeseeingly1611
inadvisably1844
ill-advisedly1879
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxix Lest it shoulde be laied to her charge, that she had dooen any thyng misaduisedly.
1660 G. Wither Furor-poeticus 37 They shall better heed How mis-advisedly they do proceed.
1957 Copeia 5 Apr. 62/2 The subgenus of Laubuca to which Weber and de Beaufort misadvisedly assigned the name Eustira is thus left without a valid name.
2001 www.lists.ic.ac.uk 16 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) I was just refer[r]ing to the local wide character API, which I misadvisedly called the Unicode API.
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a1711 R. Bulstrode Mem. Reign Charles I & Charles II (1721) 164 Asburnham and Berkeley, sorry for their great Misadvisedness, would have made some desperate attempt to have killed Hammond.
1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. ix. p. xci Un-advisedness coupled with heedlessness, and mis-advisedness coupled with rashness, correspond to the culpa sine dolo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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