Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Ill-advised and desperate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill-advised" instead an adjective "Desperate".
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Ill-advised
Ill-advised adjective - Showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations.
Desperate and ill-advised are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperate" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-advised".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- wild and desperate
- wild and ill-advised
- audacious and desperate
- audacious and ill-advised
- impetuous and desperate
- impetuous and ill-advised
- reckless and desperate
- reckless and ill-advised
- rash and desperate
- rash and ill-advised
- careless and desperate
- careless and ill-advised
- precipitate and desperate
- precipitate and ill-advised
Both words in one sentence
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His legions attack through the Ardennes—the same route by which they snuck into France four and a half years before—in a desperate and ill-advised attempt to cut a wedge between the American and British forces.
- What is widely regarded as the show's worst episode ("A Night In Sickbay") was produced that season, along with rather desperate and ill-advised appearances by the Borg and the Ferengi (in different episodes, fortunately).
Source: Seasonal Rot / Live-Action TV -
Contrived Coincidence: If you are a desperate bunch of airmen, cowering in an alley while one of your guys is bleeding out from a bullet wound following an ill-advised raid, you run the risk of people walking by the alley and seeing you.
Source: Film / Desperate Journey
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