单词 | unadvisable |
释义 | unadvisableadj. 1. Of persons: That cannot or will not be advised; not open to advice. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > disobediently stubborn incorrigiblea1340 unchastisable1382 contumaxc1386 stubbornc1386 stoutc1410 contumacec1425 staffish?a1513 unwieldy1513 untractable1538 intractable1545 prefract?1549 incounselable1554 indocible1555 uncorrectable1562 refractorious1563 haggard1566 neck-stiff1570 uncounsellablea1578 refractary1583 contumacious1603 refractarious1609 refractory1615 unmanageable1616 immorigerous1623 refractive1623 pervicacious1633 unrectifiable1645 undocible1653 undocile1656 untractible1670 unadvisable1672 recalcitrant1797 unguidable1822 recalcitrary1861 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ix. 77 Of angry persons some are..sullen, intractable, unadvisable (a disposition mixed up of pride and melancholy). 1692 A. Wood Life (1895) IV. 27 I hope his lordship will admit me to his favour, and not think I am unadviseable. 1762 J. Wesley Jrnl. 3 July There were none of them headstrong or unadvisable, none that were wiser than their teachers. 1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 216 Till now I have ever considered you, though too unadvisable, to be a man possessed of a considerable share of talents and understanding. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. viii. 618 I am Astolpho warning Roger..not to trust himself to the Enchantress Alcina; but Roger was unadvisable. 2. Of things: Inexpedient, imprudent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adjective] unexpedientc1449 discommendable?1537 unpolitic1548 politicless1556 disagreeing1568 impolitica1600 inexpedient1608 unpractical1638 unpolitical1643 unpractic1657 uncounsellablea1674 uneligible1690 unprosperable1690 impolitical1748 unadvisable1758 ineligible1779 inadvisable1782 1758 R. Lowth Life William of Wykeham v. 155 Extreme rigour would have been unadviseable in the beginning of a new reign. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. i. 215 Nay were resistance unadvisable, even dangerous, yet surely pause is very natural. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 619 Alcohol in the form of diluted brandy or whisky is unadvisable. Derivatives unadˈvisably adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adverb] unpoliticly1586 impoliticly1608 inadvisedly1648 unpolitically1673 unadvisably1702 impolitically1768 impracticably1781 unpractically1828 inexpediently1856 1702 London Gaz. No. 3822/2 A Soldier..firing unadvisably upon a Centinel. 1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxi. 257 It was unadvisably allowed by me to remain in small print. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1672 |
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