ill-considered
Example Sentences
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It was FDR’s ill-considered decision three years earlier to move the date—then observed on the last Thursday of November—that sparked Congress’s action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Raza Husain KC, barrister for Palestine Action's co-founder Huda Ammori, who brought the complaint, told the court banning the group would be "ill-considered" and an "authoritarian abuse" of power.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
These qualities often result in impetuous and ill-considered actions and decisions.’
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2025
They dedicate enormous time and resources to sending a reporter to Brown University to stick a microphone in a 19-year-old's face, so they'll say a slightly ill-considered thing.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
And she went after him in ill-considered shoes, brave and completely unprepared.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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