unwise

Example Sentences

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“It’s unwise to assume that now, all of a sudden, the red carpet comes out for Western companies.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

“It broke my heart that I had only my Freddy. How I would have loved a bigger family, and especially a sweet little girl to spoil, like Cassagurr! But that would have been unwise.”

From Literature