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I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.
Philip Pullman

Meaning of "ill-considered" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILL-CONSIDERED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILL-CONSIDERED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ill-Considered is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ILL-CONSIDERED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ill-considered in the English dictionary

The definition of ill-considered in the dictionary is done without due consideration; not thought out.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILL-CONSIDERED

ill-advised
ill-advisedly
ill-affected
ill-assorted
ill-behaved
ill-bred
ill-breeding
ill-concealed
ill-conceived
ill-defined
ill-disposed
ill-equipped
ill-fated
ill-favored
ill-favoredly
ill-favoured
ill-favouredly
ill-feeling
ill-fitting
ill-formed

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILL-CONSIDERED

bewildered
broad-shouldered
considered
covered
disordered
fendered
gendered
glandered
mentally disordered
ordered
powdered
round-shouldered
square-shouldered
transgendered
unconsidered
unhindered
unordered
unrendered
well-considered
well-ordered
what the doctor ordered

Synonyms and antonyms of ill-considered in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILL-CONSIDERED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ill-considered» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ill-considered

Translation of «ill-considered» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILL-CONSIDERED

Find out the translation of ill-considered to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ill-considered from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ill-considered» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

考虑不周
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imprudente
570 millions of speakers

English

ill-considered
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चेतनाशून्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مدروسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непродуманной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irreflectida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবিমৃষ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irréfléchi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak dipertimbangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unüberlegt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無分別な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

학대 로 간주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kém suy nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தவறான கருதப்படுகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अयोग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düşünülmeden yapılmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sconsiderato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprzemyślane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непродуманою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepotrivită -
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απερίσκεπτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondeurdagte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogenomtänkta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lite gjennomtenkte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ill-considered

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL-CONSIDERED»

The term «ill-considered» is regularly used and occupies the 63.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILL-CONSIDERED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ill-considered

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2 QUOTES WITH «ILL-CONSIDERED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ill-considered.
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Philip Pullman
I have maintained a passionate interest in education, which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.
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Theodore C. Sorensen
Above all, we shall wage no more unilateral, ill-planned, ill-considered, and ill-prepared invasions of foreign countries that pose no actual threat to our security.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILL-CONSIDERED»

Discover the use of ill-considered in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ill-considered and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook Writer's Essay and Thesaurus
In such constructions as well-known poem and ill-considered proposal, however, the hyphen adds clarity. No hyphen is required when such expressions follow the noun (the proposal was ill considered). 3.10.3 With prefixes Hyphenate all ...
Visser, 1992
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John Rawls: Foundations and method
If the equilibrium takes existing moral judgments as fixed points to be matched by a moral theory, the task may well seem impossible unless at least a class of ill- considered judgments is excluded. According to this suggestion the mature ...
Chandran Kukathas, 2003
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The Synonym Finder
... SI. out to lunch; uncircumspect, indiscreet, imprudent, injudicious, unwise, ill- considered, ill- advised; foolish, foolhardy, irresponsible, reckless, rash, temerarious, harebrained, hasty, impetuous, impulsive, brash; thoughtless, inconsiderate, ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective an ill-advised business venture: unwise, injudicious, misguided, imprudent, impolitic, incautious, ill-considered, ill-judged, ill-conceived, ill-thought -out, badly planned, inexpedient; foolhardy, hare-brained, rash, hasty, overhasty,  ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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The Reasonableness of the Law
by the framers of the federal Constitution had for its basis the integrity of the executive branch of the government, and very little consideration was given to the theory of a check upon ill-considered and hasty legislation. As late as 1884, and,  ...
Charles W. Bacon, Charles William Bacon, Franklyn S. Morse, 2000
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The Panchatantra
BOOK V ILL-CONSIDERED ACTION Here, then, begins Book V, called "Ill- considered Action." The first verse runs: Deeds ill-known, ill-recognized, Ill- accomplished, ill-devised Thought of these let no man harbor; Take a warning from the ...
IslamKotob, 1952
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The Formula For Happiness
Ill-considered interpersonal interactions are courses of action which involve another person despite evidence the other ... Some of the most obvious examples of ill-considered interpersonal interaction 130130130130130 THE FORMULA FOR ...
Douglas R. Ramm, 2011
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
... formal derogate; rare asperse. ill-advised adjective an ill-advised business venture: unwise, injudicious, misguided, imprudent, ill- considered, ill-judged, impolitic; foolhardy, foolish, harebrained, rash, reckless, irresponsible; informal crazy, ...
‎2012
9
Education And The Struggle For Democracy: The Politics of ...
The actual strategies used to displace or revitalize an existing conception of education may, of course, be either well or ill considered. A historical example of an ill-considered strategy is provided by the curriculum prescribed for England's ...
Carr, Wilfred, Hartnett, Anthony, 1996
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The Judicial Process: Realism, Pragmatism, Practical ...
As already intimated, the immediate value of a basic knowledge of legal theory is that it serves as an antidote to intuitive, ill-informed and ill-considered perceptions of legal theory and the preconceptions that those intuitive, ill- informed and ...
E. W. Thomas, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILL-CONSIDERED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ill-considered is used in the context of the following news items.
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RE: Shed Of The Week: Citroen AX GTI
The wrecking potential of ill-considered mods was never more of a threat than it was on this little sprite. 800kg and 100hp? Yes! For those of ... «Pistonheads.com, Jul 15»
2
The most memorable crimes that went down at fast food joints | Fox …
A Texas resident who was banned from Starbucks for harassing the staff responded in what was perhaps the most ill-considered move we ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
The new Jameson Canyon: Wider and faster - Napa Valley Register
This led to a reputation for head-on collisions, as inattentive drivers drifted over the center line or made ill-considered attempts at passing ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
4
Keeping Americans Excited about War
This country has an unfortunate history of launching ill-considered armed crusades, often initially with enthusiastic public support. But that ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
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CRAWFORD / In this battle, business will always win over tradition
... troops were cut down in the ill-considered charge at the battle of Gettysburg, which was considered the high-water mark of the Confederacy. «Blackshear Times, Jul 15»
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Obama tries to win over Grassley | TheHill
But Grassley opposes it, calling the legislation “ill-considered” and “dangerous.” Advocates are rallying around a bill in the House, introduced ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Primark row exposes the thankless isolation of modern … - Best Daily
Strong words, and ill-considered, too, it seems, as CCTV footage from Primark apparently shows the woman in question visiting their store, ... «Best Daily, Jul 15»
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Coast Guard needs to leave Float Down alone - The Times Herald
An ill-considered crackdown could send the event underground, leaving everyone ill-prepared for a surprise on a random summer day. «Port Huron Times Herald, Jul 15»
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Newport Local News St. James Church Files Complaint Against …
Voorhees called his actions “ill-considered and heartless,” and that they are “directly threatening the loving community we have built at St. «Newport Beach Independent Newspaper, Jul 15»
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Go-ahead given for flattening of Derby cattle and wholesale markets
He said: "The delegation left the meeting feeling intensely frustrated at how rushed and ill-considered is the decision to close Derby Livestock ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»

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