How To Use Unwise In A Sentence

Last April I wrote a column that suggested it was unwise to try to load the .45 Colt to levels approaching the .44 Magnum.
It was unwise of you to agree to that.
Why would we want to proceed with a course of action that is unjust, unwise and completely unnecessary?
Despite the various uncertainties surrounding it, it would be unwise to rule out this possibility.
I believe the firemen deserve a decent pay rise but they were unwise to ask for 40 per cent.

In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
It would be unwise to expect too much of the manifestos. Times, Sunday Times
Users of Wikipedia do get to recognise which parts are shaky, but the unwise may suddenly stumble into benighted stretches, like some crinkum-crankum byway in old London, where footpads lurked and communicable diseases were offered at low prices. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It is unwise to force a child's talent.
In the past, people understood it was unwise to confuse mythos with logos, but today we read the mythoi of scripture with an unparalleled literalism, and in "creation science" we have bad science and inept religion. Archive 2009-07-12
With trainer John Dunlop and jockey Pat Eddery in such blinding form, it would be unwise to overlook their joint claims with Silver Grey Lady in the Arena Racing Oaks Trial.
Surely it is unwise to surrender any endowment policy? Times, Sunday Times
My decision to take the rest on a tour of all the really good beer and cider pubs in Bristol was… perhaps unwise.
Business negotiations Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise.
Governments may be unwise to think that by our actions we can turn such tides. Times, Sunday Times
In that sense, it's unwise to expect too much of others or myself. Christianity Today
It would be unwise to elaborate on the last point.
It would be unwise to assume that this test proves that you can get better pistol accuracy by simply seating the bullet out further.
It is normally unwise to transfer out of a final-salary scheme and lose index-linked income. Times, Sunday Times
When planning your investments, it's unwise to put all your eggs in one basket.
Lying in a job application is extremely unwise. Times, Sunday Times
And there was afterwards writ a proper and careful treatise, and did set out that there did be ruptures of the Æther, the which did constitute doorways, as those more fanciful ones did name them; and through these shatterings, which might be likened unto openings -- there being no better word to their naming -- there did come into this Particular Condition Of Life, those Monstrous Forces Of Evil, that did dominate the Night, and which many did hold surely to have been given this improper entrance through the foolish and unwise wisdom of those olden men of learning, that did meddle overfar with matters that did reach in the end beyond their understanding. The Night Land: Chapter 7
The sharp breakthrough came when Ross unwisely tugged Wes Hoolahan just inside the home penalty box.
The next line in Moses's Song takes up the image: ‘Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise?’
But I may not stay here, where I came not to moralize with your wisdom, but simply to cool my resentment against that unwise Lady Fleming, which I think hath now somewhat abated, so that I shall endure her presence without any desire to damage either her curch or vasquine. The Abbot
There are tens of thousands of e-mails in that trove, a lot of people speaking unguardedly, unwisely and impolitically. You shall know them by their work
The Government would be very unwise and foolish to attempt to get rid of her.
For the king is unwise, so are his knights, and a knave is his brother, the one as the other; therefore may Britons be much the un-bolder, when the head (leader) is bad, the heap Roman de Brut. English
In its metamorphosis from novella to film, it wisely maintains the convention of narration, but unwisely pushes it to the wayside.
But even that would have been tactically unwise, because Letiecq made his video himself, likely possesses an original, likely could distribute it through other means, and likely would make much hay from the attempt to suppress it -- just as he has done here. Campaign Manager or Campaign Distraction?- UPDATE
On the other side, but equally healthful, may be put the fact that the style and structure of the originals and earlier versions, and especially that verse division which has been now so unwisely abandoned, served as safeguards against the besetting sin of all prose writers of their time, the habit of indulging in long wandering sentences, in paragraphs destitute of proportion and of grace, destitute even of ordinary manageableness and shape. A History of Elizabethan Literature
It is unwise to expose yourself by trying to do something that is too difficult for you.
In the sharpness of my sense of loss, I probably enthused about him, and perhaps this was unwise, perhaps almost suspicious. THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING
The region's reliance on tourism is unwise.
It is unwise to put too much store by these statistics.
In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
And the Kaiser was unwise to sneer that his uncle Edward VII went yachting with Thomas Lipton, the purveyor of bacon and tea to the urban consumer.
Conclusion With so many unanswered questions, it is an unwise man who comes to a conclusion.
Deaths and permanent neurological damage from anoxia have occurred when surgeons have unwisely performed immediate consecutive bilateral thoracoscopy rather than two separate operations.
In 1856, the American Party opposed "the reckless and unwise policy of the present administration" and "a truckling subserviency" to "foreigners. Martin Nolan: Arizona for Arizonans, Now!
It is unwise for an outsider to obtrude his opinions into a family quarrel.
Even in those circumstances, war might well have been unwise compared to a policy of containment.
Either way, there are interesting times ahead for the EU, who has so unwisely expanded beyond the Oder-Neisse line. Those pesky East Europeans
It is unwise to venture into an unpacified favela without an escort. The Sun
It was unwise to reject his offer.
With this strong lineup, missing this show would be an unwise choice for the alternative fan in all of us.
The educational systems and cultural climates in every country are so diverse that international planning would be unwise and ineffectual.
It is unwise to put too much store by these statistics.
He then made the unwise decision to divide his force into three columns, he himself commanding one.
We also noted that we would be unwise to conclude from these events that Casanova was exceptionally talented or clever.
At his headquarters he unwisely made a stand, and after a two-week battle was forced to retreat.
So, in the midst of a hot relationship they agree to do things that are unwise and which may come back to haunt them. Times, Sunday Times
Is it unwise for me to gratify a desire for beautiful things, which will be a constant joy to my friends and my children as they grow to appreciate them, as well as to myself, when it is done in so quiet and unostentatious a manner? The Splendid Spoils of Standard Oil
It may be unwise to comment trenchantly from the sidelines about a situation O'Neill is observing daily in training.
You used your sovereignty in an unwise, unrighteous way.
It may prove unwise to buy when competition is so fierce. Times, Sunday Times
Unless the councillors who precipitated this unwise move are to be surcharged, and I doubt this will be the case, the rate-payers will be expected to foot the bill for the separation.
It is also extremely unwise to forgo cover completely, as bills could soon spiral out of control. Times, Sunday Times
I often thought suffering is due to unwise management and control of the self.
You and I might think that he was unwise to try to compensate for consuming too much bevvy by not eating.
And I will continue to think my dismissal is another mistake in a long series of unwise decisions. Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
As to the question of hierarchy, it’s not directly based on the detestableness that I perceive, but the degree it is unwise for impressionable minds to blindly imitate, combined with those ideas that lack a rationally-based rationale so to speak... which, in turn, leads to the “detestableness”. The Volokh Conspiracy » Privacy Law and Ethics Questions:
It is unwise to blindly dismiss or accept the implementation of technology in our ministries. Christianity Today
Entirely unaware of His Majesty's unerring aim in hitting large surfaces at short range, we welcomed him cordially to our midst, and rather unwisely presented him with the freedom of the jungle, a ceremony which carried with it the privilege of bagging anything he could hit with his slungshot, in season or out of it. The Autobiography of Methuselah
Would you shrug your shoulders, and write the whole thing off as a "bad debt, " as an unwise entrepreneurial decision on the part of the warehouseman ?
It may be unwise to try predicting the winter based on changeable weather in October. Times, Sunday Times
That was a very unwise political move, because it estranges Taiwan from its closest ally in the region. Archive 2008-06-01
They would be unwise if they did not, as more than one has admitted.
Surely it is unwise to surrender any endowment policy? Times, Sunday Times
Others may call it extremely unwise. The Sun
Surely it is unwise to surrender any endowment policy? Times, Sunday Times
I think it is unwise policy to go to war with one's neighbours. Times, Sunday Times
But it would be unwise to expect too much. Times, Sunday Times
Surely it is unwise to surrender any endowment policy? Times, Sunday Times
Having said that, it would be an unwise team that chose to take liberties with this feisty Currie team.
Politically speaking it was a rather unwise remark.
In my position you can readily understand that it is unwise to place one's self under obligations. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Alex may be sententious and slack, but he's not unwise.
Sounds nice on the surface, but as several articles here have shown, there are situations such as application of foreign law or marriages, that make clear such an absolute prohibition is unwise. The Volokh Conspiracy » Help Draft the Federalism Restoration Amendment
To mass large numbers of ground forces where he could dump chemical and biological weapons on it is not only unwise, it's criminal and it's stupid.
Indeed, there are already those who argue that the current crisis is simply a necessary condition for the next phase of growth; that what we are seeing is a purging of bad debts, unwise investments and unsound business practices.
Although the current climate may not be inspiring, it would be unwise to write off the potential of share incentives.
Having a child is a long-term committment, and starting that process at age 16 is just unwise, for all concerned, and the effects will last many, many years. Keisha and Mary.
It would be unwise to keep Koi if you live on the flight path of migrating osprey - they'll scoff the lot, as will herons.
Without evidence to the contrary, it may be unwise to go against the behavior suggested as appropriate by the myth.
The country is in such a condition, that if we delay longer some fair measure of reform, sufficient at least to satisfy the more moderate, and much more, if we refuse all reform whatsoever -- I say, if _we adopt so unwise a policy, the country is in such a condition_ that we may precipitate a revolution. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition
I dissent altogether from such an unwise idea.
It was a question of degree for the tribunal in each case to decide whether the change of mind is too late to recover from the unwise and unwonted words.
Upon these un-Lady-like private consultations, whether the window shewed the signa or no; it is no matter belonging to my charge: I say, husbands are unwise, to graunt such ill advantages, and wives much worse, if they take hold of them, onely Judge you the best, and so the Tale is ended. The Decameron
It would be unwise to draw firm conclusions from the results of a single survey.
The pair were engrossed in conversation for more than an hour, fuelling speculation the overworked minister had unwisely opened her heart to a political opponent.
The Government would be very unwise and foolish to attempt to get rid of her.
All you urban dictionary i am teh poop is a unwise wedding and a connectionless mental attitude. 'opinion' backing to pleasurable book american sign language dictionary is a ego or metadata shocked with sickness but. Wii-volution
Many people of normal capacity make improvident and unwise decisions in business matters.
He said it would be highly unwise to consider withdrawing the very measure that had proved so vital in the past.
Stewart would be unwise to rule out this strategy as a tool for delivering value but could reduce investor concern considerably by de-emphasising it for now and undertaking to deliver organic growth as a first priority.
There are no agencies over here to help unthinking people get their unwisely spent money back.
They sometimes unwisely expose themselves to the dangers of long courtships, waiting, for example, to complete graduate school.
This casual attitude may seem unwise, if not risky - until you realise there is a new and alluring world waiting to be explored. Times, Sunday Times
In most cases, it would be unwise to depend upon politicians when it came to bringing harmony into life.
Those who are growing old may be unwise to try to resist these pressures.
His unwise remark was frequently thrown back at him by his colleagues.
My dear young lady," he remonstrated, "can you blame me for the unwise, indiscreet utterances of every Dutch predicant who opens his mouth? The Rhodesian
With stooped shoulders and arms strategically placed to conceal unwisely revealed untoned tummies, the streakily applied fake tan denotes that the future is clearly both bright and orange.
In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
I think it would be injudicious and unwise for the Florida legislature to go ahead and certify these electors until we know precisely whether or not we can go ahead and count every vote.
It would be unwise for West to lead from either of his 3x suits (not knowing that partner has the aces), and West hopes to take a finesse in cups later.
Don Giovanni, described by Mozart and Da Ponte as a "Dramrna giocoso," has been brainwashed even more thoroughly than The Magic Flute by the intervening generations of those who loved their opera unwisely but too well. An Autobiography
It is unwise of them to advertise their willingness to make concessions at the negotiations.
So wisely I shut my letter, (after unwisely having driven everything to the last moment!) ” and now I have silk to tie fast with ... to tie a 'nodus' ... 'dignus' of the celestial interposition ” and a new packet shall be ready to go to you directly. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett
It has caused unintended movements, indiscreet communications and unwise decisions on the part of the terrorists.
So wisely I shut my letter, (after unwisely having driven everything to the last moment!) -- and now I have silk to tie fast with ... to tie a 'nodus' ... 'dignus' of the celestial interposition -- and a new packet shall be ready to go to you directly. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846
I would say that while he's medicated, which is certainly the case now -- at least I imagine it is -- it would be very unwise for the authorities to try to interrogate him. CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2009
Whether it was unwise or not depends upon the spirit in which it was done.
To leave some in Pakistan to conclude that cosseting America's No. 1 enemy was not a fatal foolishness on their part might seem a tad unwise. Civilization Vindicated
(answering to "circumspectly," that is, correctly, in relation to the unbelievers around, not giving occasion of stumbling to any, but edifying all by a consistent walk). not as fools -- Greek, "not as unwise, but as wise. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
When I got to the the short pieces, I unwisely assumed them as fillers to get the record up to a realistic duration for a CD.
I must point out that further delay would be unwise.
It would be most unwise at present to rely solely on luminescence interpretations of geological phenomena.
Even though wild and unwise boar do not look for danger above them, and that a man hiding up a tree with a big sharpened log was sure to be able to get himself some pork for the barbecue, our porcine tormentors were safe.
And that, of course, is foolish, unwise, and unnatural.
The unwise patronage policy of the Santa Anna administration had been very costly.
Act then, my child, in conformity with justice and duty, regardless of any ulterior object, without considering whether your action will bring you pleasure or pain, without fear of the judgment of men or the envy of the gods, and you will win that peace of mind which distinguishes the wise from the unwise, and may be happy even in adverse circumstances; for the only real evil is the dominion of wickedness, that is to say the unreason which rebels against nature, and the only true happiness consists in the possession of virtue. The Sisters — Volume 3
Lawrence Kolb, a prominent psychiatrist affiliated with the U.S. Public Health Service, noted in 1941 that mental hospitals “were increasingly overburdened by aged persons for whom nothing can be done” and that it was “economically unwise and therapeutically unsound to take care of all dementing old people in hospitals.” The Mad Among Us
American Muslims have unwisely gone untapped as a resource in counterterrorism strategy due to the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric and Islamophobia after September 11th. Deborah Ramirez: Muslim-Police Community Partnerships Will Thwart Homegrown Terrorism
Underfunding the United Nations seems both unwise, and contrary to solemn pledges.
It is unwise of Walcott to antagonise Fabio Capello with the account in his book of the severity of life with England while he is still in the squad. Amid the gloom, much to cheer in Arsenal's scrambled win over Udinese | Kevin McCarra
In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
an unwise investor is soon impoverished
Politically speaking it was a rather unwise remark.
Here as elsewhere, Marcus is determined to unlearn the unwise attachments to externals that he has learned from his culture.
We should be most unwise, indeed, were we to cast away the singular blessings of the position in which nature has placed us, the opportunity she has endowed us with of pursuing, at a distance from foreign contentions, the paths of industry, peace, and happiness, of cultivating general friendship, and of bringing collisions of interest to the umpirage of reason rather than of force. State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
The singer was unwise to choose songs which lay beyond his ability.
He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
And isn't putting a trader out of business for the sake of appearances - even if it is only part of the reason - hard-hearted and unwise when, these days, many markets are struggling to keep the ones they've got?
One year in a Jesuit rehab penitentiary outside Madrid, two more as a worker-priest in a Marseilles slum, and only then back to the Congo he so unwisely loved. The mission song
On balance, however, I think that the practice of making inconsistent alliances and following them up with first-year double-crosses is unwise.
Marshall has an unwise sexual relationship with other girls before he met Jessica.
Glyndowr were unwisely made believe by a Welsh prophesier that King Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth
It is unwise to push antipopular policies.
My thoughts were that this might be a bit unwise when he had not had any sleep for several nights.
Yet anyone who wishes to understand the latent determinants of human behaviour would be unwise to reject this excuse as totally false.
In Holstein, the post office will send you a refund for excess postage in a letter, and the police will mail you the gold ring you forgot in their jail, but in Bucaramanga it is unwise to stop with the car´s window open when you are using a watch. Where Eugenics Goes Wrong: The Implications of Comparative Advantage, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Plainly it would be unwise to venture within range of the arboreal hailstones without protection, for though our pith-helmets were of the best quality they were, after all, but pith, and a cocoanut is a cocoanut, the world over. The Cruise of the Kawa
But put together I'm aching to hear some mistakes, an unwise reggae song, a moment where - momentarily - the rhythm section aren't metronomically of a single mind.
It was not love that he held for me, only obsession and I was unwise to not have notice this and blindly believe him.
When planning your investments, it's unwise to put all your eggs in one basket.
But it is unwise to assume that parents will inevitably pose a problem when they are placed first.
It's unwise to interfere between husband and wife.
Unless the councillors who precipitated this unwise move are to be surcharged, and I doubt this will be the case, the rate-payers will be expected to foot the bill for the separation.
Cameron was extremely unwise in ditching the Tory commitment to junk it. End game
In any case, overdependence on the tourism sector alone is perhaps unwise.
It seems similarly unwise to assume that the army will defect in droves or that the population will rise to welcome the invaders, especially if they have no idea of what might follow an invasion.
His actions have been at best unwise and are potentially seriously prejudicial. Times, Sunday Times
It is unwise to force a child's talent.
He was stung by the punch and unwisely chose to start mixing it with his opponent.
It was not a mistake or a poor judgment - nor was it an unwise investment decision.
It would be unwise to comment on the situation without knowing all the facts.
Intuition told her it was unwise to argue.
The company had been expected to double its payout but the telecoms group said that such a move was unwise, given the current economic conditions. Times, Sunday Times
It is unwise to destroy the proper reverberant acoustical setting for worship in deference to highly infrequent noisy behavior. Rip up those carpets!
Sadly, life is not all games and unwise laundry techniques, and Purple Elephant has a slightly distressing story of everyday chibbing folk and some truly extraordinary behaviour and not in a good way. Britblog Roundup #43
It's unwise to try to be your own lawyer.
Last night I did what you will doubtless term very foolhardy extravagant and unwise.
You would be most unwise, in local government, to assess a person as having needs that you knew you could not possibly pay for.
Police say in such circumstances it would be unwise to restrain the patient on a one-to-one basis and it is better to summon help.
The book was naive but it was honest and that is an unwise road to go down. Times, Sunday Times
Business negotiations Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise.
Forced equality is unwise because it disrupts the natural, cooperative hierarchy among groups and causes social conflict and unnatural change.
Franz-Josef glowered at the doctor and said it would be unwise to move me, surely, and the poultice-walloper agreed that it would be nothing short of bloody reckless. Watershed
It would be a very unwise person who assumed that a particular drug substance was compatible with any excipient.
Proponents of limited government often focus both thought and rhetoric on the ways in which we are unfree, on the unjust or unwise restrictions governments impose.
It would be very unwise to think that the 2C goal will happen. Times, Sunday Times
‘It is unpractical and unwise to exclude all St Lucians from enjoying this amenity,’ he added.
In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
He said:'You do want to show your old club that they might have been unwise letting you go. The Sun
It would be unwise to attempt to review in detail all nine issues of the journal in hand (the 1997 volume was a double issue).
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of opinions upholding harsh sentencing laws, urged in a 2003 speech to the American Bar Association that the pardon process be "reinvigorated" in response to "unwise and unjust" federal sentencing laws; "a people confident in its laws and institutions should not be ashamed of mercy," he said. Presidential Pardon Season - Swampland - TIME.com
This was obviously not Silvia, Guido's cousin with whom Jeff had so unwisely fallen in love!
Aggressors in the past, relying on our apparent lack of military force, have unwisely precipitated war.
It would be unwise, not to say stupid, to leave your first job after only six months.
His vacation of a good position was unwise.
But the nine-year-old has slipped to a very favourable rating and it would be unwise to rule him out of the reckoning in the Sean Graham Handicap Chase.
We should be most unwise, indeed, were we to cast away the singular blessings of the position in which nature has placed us, the opportunity she has endowed us with of pursuing, at a distance from foreign contentions, the paths of industry, peace, and happiness; of cultivating general friendship, and of bringing collisions of interest to the umpirage of reason rather than of force. Inaugural Addresses and Messages
But the Prophet, in the tenth Hijrah year, most unwisely forbade “Nasy” = triennial intercalation (Koran ix. 36) and thus the lunar month went round all the seasons. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The fortification of staple foods with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects may be unwisely delayed on this account.
Unwisely, they accompanied their agitation among the soldiery with incitements to mutiny.
Most unwisely we had neglected to take a meal before starting, not expecting the district to be so plashy and unwholesome as it proved to be. Byeways in Palestine
And there was afterwards writ a proper and careful treatise, and did set out that there did be ruptures of the Æther, the which did constitute doorways, as those more fanciful ones did name them; and through these shatterings, which might be likened unto openings — there being no better word to their naming — there did come into this Particular Condition Of Life, those Monstrous Forces Of Evil, that did dominate the Night, and which many did hold surely to have been given this improper entrance through the foolish and unwise wisdom of those olden men of learning, that did meddle overfar with matters that did reach in the end beyond their understanding. The Night Land
I must point out that delay is unwise.
It would be most unwise to minimize the dangers of this course of action.
In it she told me that she and my aunt were only just recovering from bad colds, and on account of the inclemency of the weather thought it unwise to come to town to meet me; but Frank Hawden, the jackeroo would take every care of me, settle the hotel bill, and tip the coach-driver. My Brilliant Career
This is why it is extremely unwise to exclude all fat from the diet, as is the case with some strict slimming regimes. The Vitamin Fact Finder
Likewise, the insight that the schlemiels that populate his fiction are hapless because they unwisely separate themselves from the community is a fine one.
“Let not thy mind be overmuch crossed by unwise men at thronged meetings of folk; for oft these speak worse than they wot of; lest thou be called a dastard, and art minded to think that thou art even as is said; slay such an one on another day, and so reward his ugly talk. The Story of the Volsungs
He would be unwise to underestimate the disruptive potential of its particular form of divine discontent.
I've learned that it's unwise to depend entirely upon the constancy of man.
Business negotiations Clearly there may be some negotiations where it would be unwise to assume that an obligation of confidence will arise.
In the Roman successor states of western Europe, the feudal system contained a hint of servility in the act of homage that liege lords found it unwise to presume upon.
Unwise or unguarded email use is almost always the source of blame when a security breach of the company network occurs.

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