Synonyms for Unwise | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "unwise" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

bad brainless childish fatuous foolish futile headless ignorant ill-advised ill-considered ill-contrived ill-devised ill-gauged ill-judged ill-suited ill-timed immature impolitic impractical

Adjective(4 words)

foolhardyhazardous choiceill-advised ill-considered

Noun(1 words)

ill advised action

Strong matches (35)

improper imprudent inadvisable inane inappropriate inapt incongruous inconsiderate indiscreet inept inexpedient infelicitous injudicious inopportune insensate irrational lackbrained lean-minded lean-witted mad

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mal a proposmalapropos mindless misadvised misguided myopic naivenot brightof little brainout of place

Adjective(4 words)

imprudent inexpedientirresponsible citizenmisguided

Verb(1 words)

miscalculated

Related words (59)

pea brainedpea-brainedpenny-wise and pound-foolishpin-brained reasonless reckless senseless shortsighted silly slackminded slackwitted tactless thoughtless unadvised unbefitting unconsidered undesirable undiscerning unfit unfitting

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Adjective(12 words)

rash shortsighted softheaded stupidest uncool unhealthier unsafeunsustainable farmingunwiserwasted moneywastefulwasteful irrigation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

evaluative adjective

More specific

6 entries

foolhardy ill-advisedill-advised policymisguided reformrashrisky strategy

Collocations

5 entries

unwise choiceunwise decisionunwise investmentunwise moveunwise policy

Inflections

2 entries

more unwisemost unwise

Derivations

1 entries

unwisely

similar

2 entries

foolish impolitic

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It would be unwise, not to say stupid, of you to quit your first job after only six months.

Source: tatoeba (29133)

It may be unwise of you to advertise your presence.

Source: tatoeba (71623)

I felt that the plan was unwise.

Source: tatoeba (254298)

The unwise statement by the government caused prices to rise again.

Source: tatoeba (271414)

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