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What is "ill-judged"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ill-judged
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ For instance, an ill-judged price reduction may have an opposite effect to that desired.
▪ However, in a quiet way he probably did much to dampen ill-judged enthusiasm for Habbakuk.
▪ Inaccurate forecasting and ill-judged investments by some electricity monopolies have been a salient stimulus towards liberalization.
▪ Some of the players have short-term and perhaps ill-judged designs on the territory of their immediate neighbours.
▪ The deer by the creek had the misfortune to come to the roadside for an ill-judged second.
▪ Whatever the outcome, banks are sure to suffer from their ill-judged business with Federconsorzi.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ill-judged

Ill-judged \Ill"-judged`\, a. Not well judged; unwise; not well considered or thought out; as, an ill-judged attempt.

Syn: ill-advised, ill considered, rash.

WordNet
ill-judged

adj. not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: ill-considered, improvident, shortsighted]

Usage examples of "ill-judged".

No reason why life just should be this endless rolling panorama of bodged friendships, fumbled opportunities, fatuous conversations, wasted days, idiotic remarks and ill-judged, unfunny jokes that just lie on the floor in front of me, flipping about like dying fish?

An ill-judged dodge brought her into the shoulder of one of the horses, and Kelyn tumbled, unable to hold onto the staff.

Now that the weird influence of the Originators had been removed, mankind could throw away its birthright, and consequently the life of all ordered creation, by one ill-judged or fear-inspired decision.