It would be unwise to buy a house now.
made the unwise decision to invest in a brand-new company
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With little interest among Americans for acquiring the territory, Rogers said the Trump administration would be unwise to continue its talk about increasing the U.S. military presence without agreement with allies.—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 But narrowing the range of acceptable opinions is an unwise course, one that disserves and underestimates our readers.—Ruth Marcus, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025 Betting against Crosby to make it back seems unwise.—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 Operating a business without a firewall or two-factor authentication to protect digital assets is simply unwise.—Hod Fleishman, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unwise
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of unwise was
before the 12th century
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