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- adverb In an
ill-advised manner.
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Examples
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There is not much Mr. Osborne can do now to put back in the bottle the genie he ill-advisedly uncorked when he set up the Independent Banking Commission after the general election.
Osborne Really Has to Hold His Nerve Simon Nixon 2011
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In a special "audio bonus round", Santorum himself is then shown rather ill-advisedly boasting of his proud record of bringing home earmarks for his voters.
Rick v Rick: Perry earmarks Santorum for attack ad treatment | Paul Harris 2011
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The implications of the ongoing legal process have now effectively cost an England manager — who had, perhaps ill-advisedly, pinned his colours to Terry — his job.
John Terry was the problem that never went away for Fabio Capello 2012
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On Thursday, Leno ill-advisedly decided to interview his ABC counterpart Jimmy Kimmel (who recently did a biting show-long impersonation of him on Jimmy Kimmel Live!) in his 10 at 10″ segment.
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They have started three of 14 matches to date but Ancelotti has spent this week exploring a tweak to 4-4-2, perhaps ill-advisedly given how well the team have played in the system that served them so well last season.
The real Didier Drogba is back, mean and motivated for Chelsea 2011
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It's not just that Devlin's support is a singer-songwriter named Ed Sheeran, who accompanies his acoustic fumblings by veering ill-advisedly between singing and quasi-rapping, nor that the young audience could be your average indie crowd.
Devlin – review Alex Macpherson 2010
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As buffoonish cops circle ill-advisedly, time ticks away for the flesh-eating family, which suddenly must figure out how to fetch its own meals, putting everyone at odds and a posse of streetwalkers — the default prey — on red alert.
Chewing on Love and Loss Steve Dollar 2011
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Salmond has accused Westminster of "bullying" and has ill-advisedly compared the SNP's bid for independence with Ireland's violent struggle against the British in which many Scots supported the British writ.
Scottish independence: a chance to build a modern, confident state | Observer editorial 2012
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The charismatic actor Patsha Bay plays Riva, a cunning thief who's after the heart of a gangster's woman, whom he ill-advisedly pursues while hiding out in the Kinshasa underground after heisting a gasoline truck.
Awakened Identities Steve Dollar 2011
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Ogletree concedes that Gates shouted phrases like "You don't know who you're messing with," as well as ill-advisedly asking for Crowley's name and badge number.
Nathan Robinson: One Year Later, Does the Henry Louis Gates Arrest Mean Anything? Nathan Robinson 2010
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