inadvisable

1. 1.

   not prudent or wise; not recommended

   “running on the ice is inadvisable”

   Synonymsunadvisable

   Antonymsadvisable
2. 2.

   not advisable

   “an unnecessary and inadvisable action”

   Similarinexpedient

Questions about inadvisable

What does inadvisable mean?

inadvisable means "not prudent or wise; not recommended". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inadvisable?

inadvisable has 5 syllables: in-ad-vi-sa-ble. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /ˌɪnədˈvaɪzəbəl/.

What is another word for inadvisable?

Close synonyms include unadvisable. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inadvisable?

The recorded antonyms are advisable.

Is inadvisable a common word?

inadvisable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inadvisable?

1 word rhymes with inadvisable. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.