unwise
/ʌnˈwʌɪz
/adjective
(Of a person or action) not wise or sensible; foolish: it is unwise to rely on hearsay evidence unwise policy decisions...
- I believe the firemen deserve a decent pay rise but they were unwise to ask for 40 per cent.
- Having said that, it would be an unwise team that chose to take liberties with this feisty Currie team.
- It would be a very unwise person who assumed that a particular drug substance was compatible with any excipient.
Synonyms
injudicious, ill-advised, imprudent;
foolish, silly, ill-considered, ill-judged, inadvisable, impolitic, incautious, indiscreet, short-sighted, misguided, foolhardy, wrong-headed, irresponsible, rash, hasty, overhasty, reckless, thoughtless
Origin
Old English unwīs (see un-1, wise1).
- subjacency
- subjacent
- subjacently
- subject
- subjectable
- subject catalogue
- subjectdom
- subjected matter
- subjecter
- subject header
- subjecthood
- subjectible
- subjectification
- subjectify
- subjectile
- subjection
- subjectional
- subjectist
- subjective
- subjective case
- subjective genitive
- subjective idealism
- subjectively
- subjective method
- subjectiveness