单词 | ill-chosen |
释义 | ill-chosen (once / 27360 pages) adj WORD FAMILY chosen: chosens, ill-chosen+/choose: chooses, choosing, chose, chosen USAGE EXAMPLESI get that women have been expected to apologize for their food choices ever since Eve got busted for that ill-chosen apple. Salon(Sep 06, 2016) It is also the result of bad decisions by Mr Cameron, including an ill-chosen battle over Mr Juncker’s appointment, and a general diplomatic disengagement. Economist(Jun 30, 2016) The ill-chosen example, which probably contributed to the narrow defeat of his bill, backfired. Salon(Feb 15, 2016) adj not elegant or graceful in expression Syn awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept infelicitous not appropriate in application; defective |
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