unwise

Example Sentences

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Edward Luce, Washington-based columnist for the Financial Times, wrote a recent piece under the headline, “It’s unwise to get Trump on a technicality.”

From Washington Post

President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran — one of the issues mentioned in the Biden endorsement — wasn’t just geopolitically unwise but also unscientific.

From Washington Post

Yet high spending, poor financial management and unwise or unlucky investments brought another financial crisis, and the church soon found itself cash-poor.

From Salon

It is always unwise to take any single poll as gospel.

From Washington Post

"A rate cut this week is unlikely, and could even be unwise as it would suggest that the current problems are even more serious than markets currently believe."

From Reuters