How to Use ill-advised in a Sentence

ill-advised

adjective
  • There have been many points on that path that were truly ill-advised.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Democrats said the pausing of aid to Ukraine was dangerous and ill-advised.
    — Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The initial entry of Lidl into the U.S. market was ill-advised.
    — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Both are making bets that will prove prescient or ill-advised.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Seeking public approval at a loved one’s expense is ill-advised as the moon and Jupiter clash.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
  • While Nix’s throw was ill-advised, the protection wasn’t great, either.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
  • While splurging on trends may be ill-advised, splurging on a classic suit that never goes out of style makes sense.
    — Maya Polton Updated, Parents, 10 Aug. 2023
  • However, his first takedown attempt of the round was ill-advised as Covington shot while close to the fence.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Towns scored 62 points, but put forth one of his worst defensive efforts of the season and took some ill-advised — to put it mildly — shots in the second half.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Your husband’s cousin is trying hard to deal with her grief, however ill-advised her method may be.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • This also makes right turns from northbound Lee Road onto eastbound Cedar Road ill-advised at that pinch point.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Discovering this while in the midst of conflict with a native creature is ill-advised.
    — Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
  • To guide Sticks in the right direction, Leo makes some (foolish and increasingly ill-advised) moves.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But more recently, his bearish stance has proven ill-advised.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 July 2024
  • The price may have been ill-advised, but the free beta shortly before launch barely attracted 2,000 players on Steam.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Other segments feature a woman being stalked by telephone and a nurse whose decision to steal a ring from a corpse turns out to be very ill-advised.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • But again, banking on him to be available for the full 2025 campaign would be ill-advised after Blackmon has never played a full season in his career.
    — James Boyd, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, for those with gluten intolerance or a gluten allergy, eating a flour tortilla is either ill-advised or out of the question.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • While my Costco ones are remarkably soft and absorbent for the price, splurging for one of our favorite luxury brands like Weezie or Hillhouse Home will never be ill-advised.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But his effort quickly proved fruitless and ill-advised: the entire neighborhood was rushing to evacuate around him.
    — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Although buying high on a team that has surpassed this total in five straight games feels slightly ill-advised, the fact is Ottawa is facing a Blackhawks team that has let in goals left-and-right against some pretty weak teams lately.
    — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 6 Mar. 2023
  • But Joshua Glick, a visiting professor of film and electronic arts at Bard University, believes such a move would be ill-advised.
    — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 4 May 2023
  • Water officials knew that opening dams to meet President Trump’s wishes was ill-advised.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The secretary of state had quit in protest of President Carter’s decision to launch a military rescue effort in Iran, which Vance considered ill-advised.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
  • The secretary of state had quit in protest of President Carter's decision to launch a military rescue effort in Iran, which Vance considered ill-advised.
    — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • Starbuck would be ill-advised to target e.l.f.’s diversity efforts, Amin said.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Driving through extreme weather is especially ill-advised and can, of course, be treacherous.
    — Joe Difazio, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
  • In addition to these 25 entire countries on the list, there are a further 47 where travel is ill-advised to parts of the country because of political instability, conflicts, and crime.
    — Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The tariff is a blunt instrument that might be ill-advised because Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has a pretty strong mandate to play hardball.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Over the weekend, social media platforms were flooded with sightings of Vision Pro users out in the wild, oftentimes in odd, unusual, and downright ill-advised situations.
    — Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024

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