Overpromising results from yoga, tai chi or any discipline to people who are seriously ill can be downright cruel.
But, after his crass support for the losing candidate in Ukraine's tumultuous elections, Mr Putin looked ill-informed, amateurish, even downright dangerous.
Kennedy triangulates Reprints Related items Prince Charles: Branded for lifeNov 12th 1998The problem comes on other questions where the prince's views are ill-informed, sentimental or downright daft.
Too many parents of diabetics have been forced to challenge educators that are ill-informed and sometimes downright hostile.
But at a national time of crisis such as this, ascribing an explicit political motive to the actions of an individual who may be mentally ill is premature, if not downright irresponsible.
When the chores threaten to overwhelm her, whenever she's feeling ill, down with pregnancy, or downright not just in the mood, lending a helping hand is a small, sweet way to be affectionate to your wife.
Sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate, ill-informed and on occasion downright malicious gossip published about me personally.
There are several diseases, or states of physiological emergency, in which, according to the bulk of current evidence, a medicinal dose of alcohol is usually ill-advised and may sometimes be downright harmful.
He said: "The traumatic events of the last few days have, understandably, led to a great deal of angst and uncertainty as well as firestorm of media speculation, much of it ill-formed and some of it downright malicious.
Largely, they're ill-conceived, poorly executed, poorly commercialized or downright boring.
