lacking discretion

lacking discretion
index ill-judged, injudicious

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  • immaturity — Lacking discretion or judgment because of youth. Lacking full growth. The quality of an obligation arising from the fact that it is not yet due or payable …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • imprudent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin imprudent , imprudens, from in + prudent , prudens prudent Date: 14th century not prudent ; lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment < an imprudent investor > • imprudently adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Tie Vapauteen — Tie Vapauteen, (The Road to Freedom), was a Finnish American monthly magazine published by Finnish members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) from 1919 to 1937. Tie Vapauteen advanced an explicitly anarcho syndicalist position marked a… …   Wikipedia

  • imprudent — imprudence, imprudentness, imprudency, n. imprudently, adv. /im proohd nt/, adj. not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. [1350 1400; ME < L imprudent (s. of imprudens) unforeseeing, rash. See IM 2, PRUDENT] Syn. unwise, indiscreet, ill …   Universalium

  • ill-judged — I adjective acting without due consideration, against reason, blind, careless, hasty, headstrong, heedless, ill advised, ill chosen, ill considered, ill contrived, illogical, impatient, imprudent, inconsiderate, inept, inexact, inexpedient,… …   Law dictionary

  • injudicious — I adjective blind, disadvantageous, hasty, heedless, ill advised, ill judged, impolitic, impolitical, improvident, imprudent, inappropriate, incautious, inconsiderate, inconsideratus, inconsultus, indiscreet, inexpedient, inopportune,… …   Law dictionary

  • indiscreet —  , indiscrete  The first means lacking discretion; the second means not composed of separate parts …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • imprudent — im pru·dent || ɪm pruːdnt adj. rash; reckless; lacking discretion …   English contemporary dictionary

  • unjudicious — adj. unwise, not prudent, lacking discretion …   English contemporary dictionary

  • imprudent — im•pru•dent [[t]ɪmˈprud nt[/t]] adj. not prudent; lacking discretion; rash: an imprudent remark[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L im•pru′dence n. im•pru′dent•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

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