unwise
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unwise
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 (also kookie), loony (also looney), lunatic, lunkheaded, mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, sappy, screwball, senseless, silly, simpleminded, stupid, tomfool, wacky (also whacky), weak-minded, witless, zany
Antonyms
judicious, prudent, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound, wise
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The president’s decision to scrap the nuclear pact was unwise. — Los Angeles Times, "Hello, Donald? This is the ayatollah calling," 28 Aug. 2019 But betting against a company that works as hard, fast, and with as much urgency as this is unwise. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Starhopper aces test, sets up full-scale prototype flights this year," 27 Aug. 2019 Darling would be unwise to comment, according to the agreement. — Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, "At Troy City Hall, report says, finance director aided thieving boss," 22 July 2019 Our President’s rejection of the Paris Climate Accord was unwise and short-sighted. — Kendra Black, The Denver Post, "Kendra Black: Inexplicable exceptions, a closed door process and no goal — let’s table the Denver “pollution tax”," 16 Aug. 2019 That’s less than 40% of the caucus -- far short of what would be needed to overcome the opposition of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), who views the move as politically unwise and likely to backfire. — Los Angeles Times, "Impeachment, always a longshot, fades in wake of Mueller hearing," 26 July 2019 Cox, a seasoned political strategist, wanted to head off efforts to restrict firearms and thought that a combative approach at that time was unwise and could invite a public backlash, said multiple people familiar with the debate. — Anchorage Daily News, "The Newtown school massacre divided NRA leaders, foreshadowing the split to come," 5 July 2019 Betting against him winning an MVP in the 2020s would not be unwise. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Giants go on extra-base-hit tear, smash Padres — Austin Slater homers in ’19 debut," 1 July 2019 But one of the central parts of our philosophy here is that rushing to judgement on complicated matters is unwise and bad for our civic health. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "Dems opt to stick it out with Pelosi," 28 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unwise.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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