inadvisability
Why you shouldn't
Inadvisability is the quality of being unwise or imprudent.
The word appears in formal contexts where someone explains why a course of action should be avoided: Given the inadvisability of traveling during the storm, we postponed the trip.
It's the noun form of inadvisable, carrying a tone of measured caution rather than urgent warning.
Absence of good judgment
- foolishnessUnwise conduct
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- imprudenceUnwise decision-making
- rashnessImprudent haste in action
shortsightedness · irresponsibility · thoughtlessness · heedlessness · negligence · indiscretion · improvidence · ill-advisedness
Source of potential harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
exposure · vulnerability · precariousness · pitfall · threat · gamble · uncertainty · insecurity
Alert about danger
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
- discretionCareful judgment in speech
wariness · judiciousness · hesitation · reservation · misgiving · second-guessing · reconsideration · dissuasion
unwisdom
Absence of good judgment
- foolishnessUnwise conduct
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- imprudenceUnwise decision-making
rashness · shortsightedness · irresponsibility · thoughtlessness · heedlessness · negligence · indiscretion · improvidence · ill-advisedness · misjudgment
hazard
Source of potential harm
liability · exposure · vulnerability · precariousness · pitfall · threat · gamble · uncertainty · insecurity · menace
warning
Alert about danger
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- forethoughtPlanning before acting
- circumspectionCareful consideration of consequences
discretion · wariness · judiciousness · hesitation · reservation · misgiving · second-guessing · reconsideration · dissuasion · discouragement
inadvisabilityadvisability
Wisdom of an action
wisdom · prudence · sensibleness · judiciousness · expediency
advice, advise, advisor, adviser, advisory, advisable, inadvisable, advisement, advisability