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Antonyms for ill-advisedill-ad·vised
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
ill-advised
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Antonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wiseSynonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, mistaken, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wild
Princeton's WordNet
ill-advised, unadvisedadjective
without careful prior deliberation or counsel
"ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"
Antonyms:
well-advised, considered, advisedSynonyms:
unadvised
How to use ill-advised in a sentence?
State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki:
We continue to believe that these negotiations are not about a letter that was ill-informed or ill-advised. They're about the issues at hand.
Some of the rhetoric coming from some of the presidential candidates on the other team are, I think, dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-advised, but here is what I'm here to tell you: They do not, they do not, they do not represent the view of the vast majority of the American people.
While I respect everyone’s right to a religion and their beliefs, it’s important that school children are not forced to adopt religion, and that is part of the reason for going to public schools, i think this bill is ill-advised. The state of Florida has a lot of very serious issues that the state is facing that the legislature should be spending their time on.
Conservatives in House could show clout by blocking this ill-advised 'fix' of Obamacare.
That's why he used them in litigation -- for shock value, so, it was a legal strategy that I think was wrong and was ill-advised.
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