unadvisable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "No steps were taken to enforce it, as, from the financial embarrassment of the company and the uncompleted state of the line, litigation was unadvisable."
- "Will go back there to get it in a week or so, but may find the harvest unadvisable for reasons of security."
- "Together with pride there will naturally arise an unadvisable and unconvincible spirit."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Old French a Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *widtós Proto-Italic *wissos Latin vīsus Old French vis Old French avis Old French aviserbor. Middle English avisen ▲ Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-(h₁)seti Proto-Indo-European *wéydseti Proto-Italic *weidsō Latin visō Late Latin advisōder. English advise Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English advisable English unadvisable From un- + advisable.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more unadvisable (comparative)
most unadvisable (superlative)