Dictionary

injudicious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English judicious English injudicious From in- + judicious.

Meanings

1. Showing poor judgement; not well judged.
   • “What happens when an editorial assistant on a weekly paper lets the bosses in for substantial libel damages?” He was able to answer that one. “He gets the push and, what's more, finds it pretty damned difficult to land another job. He's on the blacklist.” I saw what he meant. These birds who run weekly papers believe in watching the pennies. They like to get all that's coming to them and when the stuff, instead of pouring in, starts pouring out as the result of an injudicious move on the part of a unit of the staff, what they do to that unit is plenty. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
   • By introducing, into any Composition, Personages and Actions, foreign to each other, an injudicious Author loses that Communication of Emotions, by which alone he can interest the Heart, and raise the Passions to their proper Height and Period. 1748, David Hume, An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, London: A. Millar, Essay 3, page 45:
   • In a general light, private theatricals are open to some objections, but as we are circumstanced, I must think it would be highly injudicious, and more than injudicious, to attempt any thing of the kind. 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 260–261:

Forms

Antonyms

judicious

Deriveds

injudiciously · injudiciousness

Synonyms

imprudent · unwise

Translations (13)

de unklug (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · gv neuvriwnyssagh (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · mk безра́суден (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · bg неблагоразумен (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · bg безразсъден (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · nl ondoordacht (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · mk нера́зумен (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · sv omdömeslös (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · fr injudicieux (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · pt imprudente (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · ru необдуманный (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · ru неблагоразумный (showing poor judgement; not well judged) · nl onwijs (showing poor judgement; not well judged)