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injudicious

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɪnd͡ʒʊˈdɪʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N JH AH2 D IH1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Showing poor judgement; not well judged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an injudicious measure
  • the result of an injudicious decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English judicious English injudicious From in- + judicious.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неблагоразумен (neblagorazumen) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Bulgarian: безразсъден (bezrazsǎden) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Dutch: onwijs — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Dutch: ondoordacht — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • French: injudicieux — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • German: unklug — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Macedonian: безра́суден (bezrásuden) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Macedonian: нера́зумен (nerázumen) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Manx: neuvriwnyssagh — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Portuguese: imprudente — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Russian: неблагоразумный (neblagorazumnyj) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Russian: необдуманный (neobdumannyj) — showing poor judgement; not well judged
  • Swedish: omdömeslös — showing poor judgement; not well judged