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as in foolish
showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment
made the unwise decision to invest in a brand-new company
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as in inappropriate
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
an unwise urge to confide in total strangers
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as in stupid
not having or showing a deep understanding of something
a stunningly unwise observer of the political scene
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Recent Examples of unwise
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwise
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Miami would be foolish to hold onto him as the team still looks to be multiple years away from contending for a postseason berth.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Currently 44-10 | On pace for 67-15 Underestimating the Cavs has proven to be a foolish practice this season.—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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While booting a car may be an appropriate remedy to curb parking violations, booting a car that also immobilizes other non-offending vehicles is inappropriate.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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Doing so discourages inappropriate behavior with clear sanctions that are duly communicated to the entire organization, while good behavior is rewarded.—
Susana Sierra,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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That would have been a stupid question just about anywhere else, but the exhibition was by Laura Owens, a painter with a penchant for trickery, and the venue was Matthew Marks Gallery in New York, whose press release for Owens’s latest outing offered little in the way of explanation.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Thank you Hallie for thinking of me and putting my name in your stupid brother's ear.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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My long-distance boyfriend often addressed letters with silly names or in-jokes.—
A.S. King,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Taking the material beyond its original audience of one, the writer-director offers a delicious mélange of the surreal and the silly for all ages.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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After the March 19 incident, Huger, 61, was charged with a DUI and DWI, negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Noem has been an imprudent governor of South Dakota on COVID-19 policy and other issues.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Dec. 2024
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To even suggest that my clients were somehow resistant to other points of view, acted secretly and/or abusively or threatened anyone’s job is patently false and frankly absurd.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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That would be absurd!’ Athwart Gravy Train Wreck James Lileks In the resistance world, Musk and Trump have fused into one dark bolus of evil, a grinning fleshy blob that throbs with malevolence: Muskentrump.—
George Weigel,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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After reviewing body camera footage of the incident as part of its internal investigation, the department recommended that the officer receive a two-day suspension for the improper search allegation.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Like the House bill, its text has not yet been released. DEA hearings on the rescheduling proposal have been delayed by at least three months due to appeals from pro-reform witnesses claiming improper communications between the DEA and certain opponents.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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He could not be seen, just as the little black boy was not seen, or was seen inaccurately, by the unperceptive and disdainful white boy.—
Louise Glück,
The New York Review of Books,
14 Jan. 2021
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Memory, conveyed by an unperceptive, mechanically flowing camera, seems disconnected from culture.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Nov. 2021
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“Unwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwise. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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