unwise
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unwisely adverb
- unwiseness noun
Etymology
Origin of unwise
First recorded before 900; Middle English unwis(e), unwisse, Old English unwīs “unwise, foolish, mad, insane”; un- 1, wise 1
Example Sentences
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It is unwise to junk the whole corpus of international law, which the U.S. did so much to build over the years, but its twisting can no longer be ignored.
“It’s unwise to assume that now, all of a sudden, the red carpet comes out for Western companies.”
You’d be unwise to look to the movies for economic insight—this one amounts to an extended fatuous argument that an individual who behaved like a corporate restructuring would be a psychopath.
His admiration for HBO is well-established, and it would be an unwise business strategy to kill or diminish prestige TV’s standard bearer after acquiring it.
From Salon
But it would be unfair and unwise not to wait until next season before jumping to conclusions.
From BBC
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