ill-considered

Examples

• All

• Obviously, the potential for confusion and ill-considered decisions was immense.

  Academic text (1998)

• Rushing into an ill-considered business venture can lead to significant losses.

• It's no excuse for rushing into an ill-considered marriage.

  Mrs. Miniver (1942)

• "Surely, he couldn't believe that his own ill-considered words could have any meaning eight months later."

  Fiction book (1990)

• Romney himself reinforced this image with some ill-considered comments.

  Academic text (2013)

• Even if the complaints about the course appear oversensitive or ill-considered, the students nonetheless had every right to voice them.

  Academic text (1993)

• Guided by the best intentions, their rejection was understandable but ill-considered.

  Academic text (1990)

• One might argue that his pleas were ill-considered, even that the confession itself might have been gained by unlawful means.

  Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)

• We need to bridge the immediate financial gap without making quick and ill-considered irreversible commitments that will hamstring future solutions.

  Academic text (2001)

• More generally, and second, the Commission's reliance on adjudication instead of rulemaking is ill-considered.

  Academic text (2016)

Synonyms

I

ill-advised

vsill-considered

21 5.4

Not a good idea and likely to cause problems

shares poor consideration but stresses bad future consequences

S

shortsighted

vsill-considered

17 5.2

Not thinking about the future or the later results of actions

focuses more narrowly on short term lack of thought rather than all neglect

I

ill-conceived

vsill-considered

9 6.1

Poorly planned and likely to fail

emphasizes lack of careful planning rather than creative failure

I

imprudent

vsill-considered

9 7.6

Acting without care or good sense

is more about absent careful thought specifically rather than general unwise actions

P

poorly designed

vsill-considered

4 3.7

Made in a way that does not work well or is hard to use

is broader, covering any unplanned action not only design faults

M

misbegotten

vsill-considered

3 8.5

Badly planned and made in a foolish way

is less about foolish origin and more about missing thought

U

unconsidered

vsill-considered

1 6.6

Made or said without careful thought

is the same in meaning but differs only in wording

U

unthoughtful

vsill-considered

1 6.3

Not thinking about how actions hurt other people

focuses equally on not planning rather than just being rude

I

improvident

vsill-considered

• Formal

1 9.1

Spending money without planning or saving for the future

is similar but centers on immediate lack of careful thought

I

ill-chosen

vsill-considered

1 6.3

Not right for the situation and likely to seem awkward

concerns general poor thought, not just wrong selection

U

unadvised

vsill-considered

1 7.5

Acting without asking others and without thinking carefully

is similar but stresses absence of others' input rather than rashness

U

unthought

vsill-considered

1 9.5

Not imagined or expected before

is about poor planning or thought rather than sheer surprise

U

uncalculated

vsill-considered

1 5.6

Not planned or thought about before doing something

highlights missing deliberate planning rather than numeric error

I

ill-judged

vsill-considered

1 6.3

An action or decision made without careful thought that causes problems

matches lack of thought but focuses less on formal judgment

U

unforethoughtful

vsill-considered

9.9

Not planning ahead or thinking about the future

is about not thinking things through now rather than future planning

Antonyms

T

thoughtful

68 2.6

Serious and quietly thinking about something

W

well thought out

21 3.5

Carefully planned to work well

How Well-Considered

well thought out

21 3.5

considered

3.3

ill-considered

4 6.8

thoughtless

37 4.0

rash

3 4.3

reckless

193 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology