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Definition of "injudicious" []

  • Lacking or showing a lack of judgment or discretion; unwise. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "injudicious" in a sentence
  • "We admit that the motives of those who conduct public promiscuous developing circles are good in most cases, but their methods are frequently 'injudicious' -- to put it mildly."
  • "Claiming that this was a brave moral act and contrasting himself with Mrs. Clinton's "injudicious" vote as a senator to authorize the war strains credibility and echoes the dishonesty of his "I didn't hear it in the pew" excuse."
  • "Randy Hamud represented Awadallah in the courtroom, in that hearing in October 2001, and he was taken aback by the "injudicious" conduct of Judge Mukasey."