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Synonyms & Antonyms for judicious
Synonyms
discreet, intelligent, judgmatic (or judgmatical), prudent
Antonyms
imprudent, indiscreet, injudicious
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And, when decrypts were available, the judicious use or non-use of the information involved agonizingly difficult deliberation. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?," 26 Aug. 2019 Second, China has cannily avoided such pitfalls by being far more judicious in its tariff strategy. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, "Trump Thinks He Is Winning the Trade War. The Data Tell a Different Story," 16 Aug. 2019 The evolutionary approach, tested in animals and humans with advanced prostate cancer, sharply limits the natural selection of cancer cells through a more judicious use of chemotherapy. — Robert Gatenby, Scientific American, "Darwin’s Ideas on Evolution Drive a Radical New Approach to Cancer Drug Use," 3 Aug. 2019 His father’s Habsburg line had used judicious marriages to acquire territorial claims across Europe; indeed, his father’s early death left Charles an orphaned prince whose aunt governed the Netherlands in his name. — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, "‘Emperor’ Review: A Sovereign on the Move," 21 June 2019 The menu might be a judicious place to say out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new. — Anchorage Daily News, "Mexican dining remix: Jalapenos fills space left by departure of Carlos’ in South Anchorage," 8 Aug. 2019 The 29-year-old underwent Tommy John surgery in 2007 and 2016, and Boston will be judicious in rationing his workload. — David Ginsburg, courant.com, "Orioles hit 2 HRs off Price, cruise past Red Sox 11-2," 20 July 2019 Cities must be judicious in tearing stuff down, because the central task of booming metropolitan regions in the 21st century is clearly redevelopment. — Anthony Flint, BostonGlobe.com, "Learning to love the world’s ugliest building," 1 July 2019 Technology alone can’t save us, but judicious applications of technology can. — Sean Illing, Vox, "The climate crisis and the end of the golden era of food choice," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'judicious.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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