How to Use unwise in a Sentence

unwise

adjective
  • It would be unwise to buy a house now.
  • That’s a risk that seems deeply unwise.
    — Julian Baron, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2026
  • To reveal more would be unwise.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That would be unwise, given its steady sales and good fit in its market.
    — New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • But building a contender around those tenets may prove unwise.
    — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Who’s good and bad, and who’s good but unlucky or unwise, is always clear.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Airstrikes would be unwise, let alone an invasion.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Trump would be unwise to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • But Cao thinks the move is unwise and goes to the other extreme.
    — Dalmeet Singh Chawla, Science | AAAS, 27 Feb. 2020
  • Attempting to time the ups and downs in the stock market is unwise.
    — Mark Zandi, CNN, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Doubling down on policies that have not succeeded in the past would be unwise.
    — Colin Grabow, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
  • For the health of the game, diverging too far from the system already in place seems unwise.
    — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This turns out to be an unwise decision — but man, what a boffo horror blowout scene.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Which makes this fight with the Freedom Caucus even more unwise.
    — Jamelle Bouie, Slate Magazine, 31 Mar. 2017
  • An unwise subject replied in terms of moral absolutes—No way!
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The only things standing in the way are unwise public policies.
    — Marie Fishpaw, National Review, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The owners likely would be unwise to roll out identical offers over and over.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 25 June 2026
  • Even the most careful drivers can have a bad day, moment, or make an unwise decision.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • But betting against a company that works as hard, fast, and with as much urgency as this is unwise.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Therefore, your desire to pull up your socks and make some improvements might be a bit scattered or unwise.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
  • There once was a time when broadcasting the decision to quit a job might have seemed unwise, or at least uncouth.
    — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Timing is all wrong The tax issue is both untimely and unwise.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The moons alignment with Jupiter can boost your bank balance or inspire unwise spending.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Last night in Wembley’s pouring rain, Gilmour showed why such a move might be unwise.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 June 2021
  • Good or bad, wise or unwise, the research is already being conducted and the brain scans are piling up.
    — Wired, 17 Sep. 2019
  • After a thorough dusting, you may be tempted to call it a day and give up on the rest of the cleaning process, but that is unwise.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Look, betting against Favreau is probably unwise.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
  • So there could be a silver lining to the Supreme Court’s unwise decision.
    — Karen Tumulty, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • One of the replacement players made the unwise decision to snap pictures of the scene out the window.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Playing him even over the adequate-so-far Trey Sermon seems unwise.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2020

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