INJUDICIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does injudiciousness mean? 

• INJUDICIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun INJUDICIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. lacking good judgment

2. the trait of being injudicious

  Familiarity information: INJUDICIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INJUDICIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking good judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

indiscreetness; injudiciousness

Hypernyms ("injudiciousness" is a kind of...):

discernment; judgement; judgment; sagaciousness; sagacity (the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations)

Antonym:

judiciousness (good judgment)

Derivation:

injudicious (lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of being injudicious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

indiscretion; injudiciousness

Hypernyms ("injudiciousness" is a kind of...):

folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)

Derivation:

injudicious (lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise)