How to Use inadvisable in a Sentence

inadvisable

adjective
Definition of inadvisablenext
Synonyms for inadvisablenext
  • It would be highly inadvisable to attempt to do this ourselves.
  • The procedure is inadvisable because of the risks involved.
  • This seems like an inadvisable risk for a player who is not a star.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • If her first time going back to Yemen had been inadvisable, this time was worse.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 29 May 2021
  • There is a long list of reasons why drafting kickers before the very end of the draft can be inadvisable.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Then, right before halftime, there was a missed 59-yard field goal that seemed inadvisable.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Tolkien’s dragons are not pets; taking them out for joy rides would be inadvisable.
    — Jennifer Vineyard, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The Red Raiders were barely able to generate offense from the perimeter and chucked inadvisable shots all night.
    — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Cycling and walking remain the best ways to get around Paris, with gridlocked roads on strike days meaning even taxis are inadvisable.
    — Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Putting aside the budgetary shenanigans, the Medicare plan is inadvisable on its merits.
    — The Editors, National Review, 19 July 2022
  • His doctor laid out his options: A hard collar would let the bones mend on their own, but was inadvisable because of the fracture’s severity.
    — Lindsay Crouse, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Public health experts and a wide range of economists say that is both unlikely and inadvisable.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Many in the Vatican and Iraq’s clergy thought the trip’s timing inadvisable and hoped the pope would delay it, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Ghassan Adnan, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2021
  • While swimming is still inadvisable and prohibited at most Illinois beaches, the first weekend of fall may reach the 80-degree mark.
    — chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The gorilla's keepers get a chance to rub his belly and shoulders, hold his hand for a moment, things that would be inadvisable without this heavy sedation.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Even the commotion over Barry Smith's previous use of an inadvisable word in Episode 3 reared its head again, although only briefly.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 14 May 2018
  • While stores and restaurants were open, people were told to keep at a distance from one another, and gatherings of more than 10 people were considered inadvisable.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Some observers fear that this move would so irritate the Chinese government as to make secondary sanctions inadvisable.
    — David S. Cohen, The Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2017
  • And while this research suggests making big decisions after a hard workout might be inadvisable, the focus was on the long-term impacts of difficult training.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2019
  • To receive the medication, patients have to fill out a questionnaire that scans for allergies or conditions that would make the treatment inadvisable.
    — Kelsey Butler, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • There was no trail, and getting to it required climbing up the face of a small mountain, mostly by grabbing the trunks of saplings—a strategy any reasonable outdoorsperson would describe as inadvisable—and scrambling to find holds in large rocks.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Some fairs moved online when the pandemic made live gatherings inadvisable.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Beyond working at a quick pace that makes hitters uncomfortable, Suter does something that might seen inadvisable with a fastball that averages 86 mph.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Crossing Cochran and Inouye is inadvisable, given their considerable power of the purse.
    — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2012
  • Many ventilators can support more than one patient at a time, but doing so comes with complications that have made this practice inadvisable.
    — Hyacinth Empinado, STAT, 4 June 2020
  • But the pandemic canceled such large gatherings, and also made air travel inadvisable.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The disgraced singer himself has the right to take the stand in his own defense, though that seems unlikely and inadvisable given that his last public statements in an interview with Gayle King led to a tempestuous, now-infamous outburst.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Indoor dining is still inadvisable and gathering inside someone’s home isn’t safe.
    — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • People can still visit the beaches, but officials said swimming in them, or eating shellfish from those areas, is highly inadvisable, WFLA reported.
    — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2022
  • Depending on the timing and severity of the diagnosis, delaying chemotherapy for the sake of egg collection may be inadvisable.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 5 July 2018

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