Advisability

//ædˌvaɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being advisable or prudent. uncountable, usually

    "Viggo assumed a cheery offhand manner, but I could see that he was worried, doubtful as to the advisability of leaving me here alone."

  2. 2
    the quality of being advisable wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability. countable, usually

Synonyms

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advantageadvisablenessconveniencedecencyfeasibilityfitness

Example

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"The rule of thumb is that whatever functionality does not currently exist will either take a very long time to be implemented or never appear. The number of developers is small, the number of things that need to be fixed is huge, and the number of divergent opinions on the advisability of any particular measure is also large, meaning that discussion will take a long time and often not lead to a result."

Etymology

From advisable + -ity.

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