ill-advised

Example Sentences

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During the second half when a Sierra Canyon player took an ill-advised shot, Chevalier shouted out, “What are you doing?”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

The sleeveless shirts, the cries of 'vamos!', the ill-advised buzzcut in New York all add to the theatre.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

That would comport with his recent complaints about the valuation of artificial-intelligence-themed stocks, as well as his simple but ill-advised Jan. 31, 2023 post that simply read “sell.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 13, 2025

All this comes on the heels of some questionable behavior and ill-advised alliances, among them: the divorce from Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson, hanging around with Jeffrey Epstein, and the self-immolation by TV interview in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

I could not go through with this marriage, which I considered unfair and ill-advised.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela