unwisely
adverb
Synonyms
- absurd
- asinine
- balmy
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- cockeyed
- crackpot
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- dippy
- dotty
- fatuous
- featherheaded
- fool
- foolish
- half-baked
- half-witted
- harebrained
- inept
- insane
- jerky
- kooky
- kookie
- loony
- looney
- lunatic
- lunkheaded
- mad
- nonsensical
- nutty
- preposterous
- sappy
- screwball
- senseless
- silly
- simpleminded
- stupid
- tomfool
- wacky
- whacky
- weak-minded
- witless
- zany
Examples of unwise in a Sentence
It would be unwise to buy a house now.
made the unwise decision to invest in a brand-new company
Recent Examples on the Web
In the race to get things done, the new administration would be unwise to set aside and kill the ICE Pact.
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has argued that a delay in passing border provisions would be harmful to national security and is unwise.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
But for liberals to respond to this moment by acting as defenders of a disappearing status quo would be unwise.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Carter compounded this weakness by surrounding himself with loyalists and outsiders, fatally unwise to the ways of Washington.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Incoming Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has argued that a delay in passing border provisions would be harmful to national security and is unwise.
—Al Weaver, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
But for liberals to respond to this moment by acting as defenders of a disappearing status quo would be unwise.
—Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Carter compounded this weakness by surrounding himself with loyalists and outsiders, fatally unwise to the ways of Washington.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Unwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwise. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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