Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inadvisable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.
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- adjective
Inadvisable . - adjective archaic Unwilling to take advice.
- adjective archaic
Imprudent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not prudent or wise; not recommended
Etymologies
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Examples
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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______ Your noble efforts at sentence structure and storyline indicate a promising future but we feel that dividing your focus from your homework at such a tender age is unadvisable.
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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I've taken years off between albums, which is extremely unadvisable.
Jewel on the Natural Drama and Authenticity of Platinum Hit 2011
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To reduce thousands of years of ornate yet uncertain history to a fortune cookie is unadvisable, but let's sketch a brief outline of the evolution of yoga: during the Vedic period yoga consisted of a group of men screaming primordial sounds generating tapas around a fire trying to unite with the divine.
Ira Israel: The Future of Yoga in America Ira Israel 2012
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If there are disciplines in which it's unadvisable to work behind a mask that evokes a creepy video-game character with giant mouse ears, "club-music DJ" is not one of them.
The Pop Scene: Running Down a Dubstep Dream Andy Battaglia 2011
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As Csikszentmihalyi wrote, "After just two days of deprivation ... the general deterioration in mood was so advanced that prolonging the experiment would have been unadvisable."
Christine Carter, PhD: The Trouble with Motherhood PhD Christine Carter 2010
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