unadvisable
Better to avoid
Not recommended or wise to do; likely to produce unfavorable results.
The word functions as a gentler alternative to foolish or stupid when cautioning against a course of action: It would be unadvisable to invest your entire savings in a single stock.
Inadvisable is more common but means the same thing.
Showing poor judgment
- imprudentLacking careful forethought
- foolishLacking good sense
- misguidedBased on poor judgment
- injudiciousShowing poor judgment
unsound · shortsighted · ill-considered · impolitic · inexpedient · unreasonable · irrational · unthinking
Lacking sound judgment
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- ill-advisedShowing poor judgment
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- problematicCausing difficulty or concern
dubious · imprudent · ill-conceived · regrettable · avoidable · preventable · foreseeable · cautioned
Likely to cause injury
- perilousFraught with danger
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- unsafeLikely to cause harm
- precariousDangerously insecure
chancy · dicey · high-stakes · uncertain · volatile · treacherous · speculative · venturesome
Causing harm or damage
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- adverseHarmful or opposed
- deleteriousCausing harm or damage
pernicious · counterproductive · disadvantageous · injurious · ruinous · negative · unhealthy · disastrous
ill-advised
Showing poor judgment
injudicious · unsound · shortsighted · ill-considered · impolitic · inexpedient · unreasonable · irrational · unthinking · foolhardy
unwise
Lacking sound judgment
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- ill-advisedShowing poor judgment
- questionableOf uncertain validity
problematic · dubious · imprudent · ill-conceived · regrettable · avoidable · preventable · foreseeable · cautioned
hazardous
Likely to cause injury
precarious · chancy · dicey · high-stakes · uncertain · volatile · treacherous · speculative · venturesome · reckless
detrimental
Causing harm or damage
- damagingCausing loss or injury
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- adverseHarmful or opposed
deleterious · pernicious · counterproductive · disadvantageous · injurious · ruinous · negative · unhealthy · disastrous · calamitous
advice, advise, adviser, advisory, advisable, inadvisable, advisement, unadvised, misadvise