Synonyms for unwise
ʌnˈwaɪzun·wise

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1. unwiseadjective

   Antonyms:
   wise

2. unwiseadjective

   unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures

   Antonyms:
   wise

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1. unwiseadjective

   showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom

   "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"

   Synonyms:
   inexpedient

   Antonyms:
   wise, politic

2. inexpedient, unwiseadjective

   not appropriate to the purpose

   Synonyms:
   inexpedient

   Antonyms:
   wise, politic

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1. unwiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   foolish, injudicious, indiscreet, imprudent, ill-advised, ill-judged

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1. unwiseadjective

   Synonyms:
   imprudent, injudicious, inexpedient, indiscreet

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1. List of paraphrases for "unwise":

   imprudent, ill-advised, reckless, inadvisable, unreasonable, foolish, misguided, careless, wise, unintelligent, foolhardy, injudicious, prudent, senseless, ill-considered, sensible, mindless

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1. Andrew Witty:

   It would be extremely unwise to do anything in anticipation of that, the chances of us doing something in an accelerated time frame are, I think, extraordinarily low.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   He did not promise that he would take food out of the mouths of babies and seniors and education, clean air, clean water, scientific research off the table in a significant way in order for him to pay for his immoral, ineffective, unwise proposal of a wall.

3. Mahatma Gandhi:

   It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

4. Lori Calvasina:

   We are waking up in 2018 figuring out that the protectionist rhetoric from the summer of 2016 is real. It is a real underlying philosophy of this administration so I don't think it is unwise to position accordingly, we don't think there are any winners in a trade war, but it a question of who the relative losers are - small caps lose less.

5. Tim Potier:

   It would be unwise for anyone to try to predict the outcome of this election.