injudiciousness
- noun
- /ˌɪnˈdʒuːdɪʃnəs/
- Formal
- The manager's injudiciousness during the crisis led to disastrous results for the company.
Examples
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His injudiciousness when handling sensitive information risked damaging important relationships.
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Critics pointed out the injudiciousness of launching the new product without adequate market research.
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His injudiciousness in spending all his savings was alarming.
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The injudiciousness of the decision led to severe consequences.
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Critics pointed out the injudiciousness of launching the new product without adequate market research.
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The manager's injudiciousness during the crisis led to disastrous results for the company.
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His injudiciousness when handling sensitive information risked damaging important relationships.
Synonyms
A small mistake that shows bad judgment but is not serious
A failure to be careful or to use good judgment when making choices
A lack of good judgment when making choices
Lack of good sense in decisions that causes bad results
A habit of saying secrets or acting without thinking
Antonyms
How Judicious
Surface Forms
Morphology
injudiciousness = injudicious (transparent) = in + judic + ious + ness
This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'injudicious' meaning the quality or state of being injudicious.
Etymology
The word injudiciousness comes from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the same root as judge and judicial, which mean 'judgment'. So, injudiciousness is 'not judgment', meaning acting without good sense or making unwise decisions.