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INADVISABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inadvisable mean?
• INADVISABLE (adjective)
The adjective INADVISABLE has 2 senses:
1. not prudent or wise; not recommended
2. not advisable
Familiarity information: INADVISABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not prudent or wise; not recommended
Synonyms:
inadvisable; unadvisable
Context example:
running on the ice is inadvisable
Also:
imprudent (not prudent or wise)
foolish (devoid of good sense or judgment)
Antonym:
advisable (worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise)
Derivation:
inadvisability (the quality of being ill-advised)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not advisable
Context example:
an unnecessary and inadvisable action
Similar:
inexpedient (not suitable or advisable)
Derivation:
inadvisability (the quality of being ill-advised)
Context examples
A symptom or medical condition that makes a particular treatment or procedure inadvisable because a person is likely to have a bad reaction.
(Contraindication, NCI Dictionary)
State of a particular method of treatment, regimen, procedure, medication, etc. of being unsuitable and inadvisable, often because of a likely adverse reaction.
(Contraindicated, NCI Thesaurus)
I am prepared to agree with our colleague that a protracted stay in Maple White Land is at present inadvisable, and that the question of our return will soon have to be faced.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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