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Inadvisable

Not advisable.

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Inexpedient 84% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Inexpedient 84% connected

Not expedient; not tending to promote a purpose; not tending to the end desired; inadvisable; unfit; improper; unsuitable to time and place; as, what…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

See also 4

Foolish 66% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foolish 66% connected

Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imprudent 66% connected

Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imprudent 66% connected

Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Unadvisable 92% connected

Not advisable; inadvisable; inexpedient.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Advisable 94% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Advisable 94% connected

Proper to be advised or to be done; expedient; prudent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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