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ill-judged

[ il-juhjd ]

/ ˈɪlˈdʒʌdʒd /

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adjective

injudicious; unwise.

Origin of ill-judged

First recorded in 1710–20

Words nearby ill-judged

ill-founded, ill-gotten, ill-gotten gains, ill-informed, ill-intentioned, ill-judged, ill-kempt, ill-looking, ill-mannered, ill-natured, ill-omened

Example sentences from the Web for ill-judged

Courtiers are hoping he doesn't blow it with an ill-judged blow-out.

Can Harry Shed the Playboy Prince Tag? |Tom Sykes |March 2, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
A little reflection will show you to what distress all must be reduced by this ill-judged flight.

Wyandotte |James Fenimore Cooper
Both of these ill-judged attempts were unsuccessful, and were attended with heavy loss.

Cassell's History of England, Vol. I (of 9) |Anonymous
A few days after he was gone to Bowood, Palmerston wrote to Aberdeen, a most unnecessary and ill-judged act.

The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II) |Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville

That admission was ill-judged: he ought to have denied that Pelops ever existed, and laughed at the blundering Greeks.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 |Various
But the investments which he made were not inconsiderable or ill-judged, and were sold at his death for upwards of 70,000l.

Lord Randolph Churchill |Winston Spencer Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for ill-judged

ill-judged

adjective

rash; ill-advised