Meaning of INJUDICIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | `injoo'dishus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; "an injudicious measure"; "the result of an injudicious decision" |
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| | Synonyms: | | imprudent |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ju*di"cious\, a. [Pref. in- not + judicious; cf.
F. injudicieux.]
1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment; undiscerning;
indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his
editor and the protector of his memory. --A. Murphy.
2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as,
an injudicious measure.
Syn: Indiscreet; inconsiderate; undiscerning; incautious;
unwise; rash; hasty; imprudent.
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| | Related Terms: | | brash, brazen, brazenfaced, hubristic, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, impolitic, improvident, imprudent, impudent, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, insensate, insolent, irrational, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening, rash, reasonless, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, temerarious, thoughtless, unadvised, unchary, unconsidered, undiscerning, unforeseeing, unreasonable, unreflecting, unreflective, unseeing, unsensible, unsound, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwary, unwise, witless |
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