How to Use inadvisable in a Sentence

inadvisable

adjective
  • It would be highly inadvisable to attempt to do this ourselves.
  • The procedure is inadvisable because of the risks involved.
  • This seems like an inadvisable risk for a player who is not a star.
    — Star Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
  • If her first time going back to Yemen had been inadvisable, this time was worse.
    — Caitlin Dwyer, Longreads, 29 May 2021
  • Tolkien’s dragons are not pets; taking them out for joy rides would be inadvisable.
    — Jennifer Vineyard, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Koeppel says this grocery store faux pas is inadvisable for a reason.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2023
  • There is a long list of reasons why drafting kickers before the very end of the draft can be inadvisable.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Public health experts and a wide range of economists say that is both unlikely and inadvisable.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Putting aside the budgetary shenanigans, the Medicare plan is inadvisable on its merits.
    — The Editors, National Review, 19 July 2022
  • Doing it with a wideout whose next NFL catch will be his first is doubly inadvisable.
    — Brandon Funston, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Cycling and walking remain the best ways to get around Paris, with gridlocked roads on strike days meaning even taxis are inadvisable.
    — Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Some fairs moved online when the pandemic made live gatherings inadvisable.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Leaning into a toddler’s personal space is inadvisable for all kinds of reasons.
    — Christopher Elliott, Dallas News, 31 May 2023
  • Leaning into a toddler's personal space is inadvisable for all kinds of reasons.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • The Red Raiders were barely able to generate offense from the perimeter and chucked inadvisable shots all night.
    — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • The ingredient is still used in some flu vaccines, which Kennedy and Hyman said was inadvisable.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 20 July 2014
  • The need for such warnings peaks around the times of solar eclipses, of course, when people have a tendency for inadvisable sun observations.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Indoor dining is still inadvisable and gathering inside someone’s home isn’t safe.
    — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The gorilla's keepers get a chance to rub his belly and shoulders, hold his hand for a moment, things that would be inadvisable without this heavy sedation.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2018
  • But the pandemic canceled such large gatherings, and also made air travel inadvisable.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2020
  • To remain in the same room for two consecutive security visits, and then commit a theft, is inadvisable.
    — Michael Finkel, Town & Country, 27 June 2023
  • Many ventilators can support more than one patient at a time, but doing so comes with complications that have made this practice inadvisable.
    — Hyacinth Empinado, STAT, 4 June 2020
  • Some observers fear that this move would so irritate the Chinese government as to make secondary sanctions inadvisable.
    — David S. Cohen, The Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2017
  • Messner’s name would come up repeatedly on Ojos, as a shorthand for either the pure or the inadvisable approach to our expedition.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And while this research suggests making big decisions after a hard workout might be inadvisable, the focus was on the long-term impacts of difficult training.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2019
  • While swimming is still inadvisable and prohibited at most Illinois beaches, the first weekend of fall may reach the 80-degree mark.
    — chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Finally, the use of strategic reserves for short-term political gain is certainly inadvisable.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • To receive the medication, patients have to fill out a questionnaire that scans for allergies or conditions that would make the treatment inadvisable.
    — Kelsey Butler, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The frame was actually lifted, so that the piping from the turbo to the engine could be technically feasible, even if inadvisable in real life.
    — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 19 Mar. 2026
  • While stores and restaurants were open, people were told to keep at a distance from one another, and gatherings of more than 10 people were considered inadvisable.
    — New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020

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