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unwise

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un·wise  (n-wz)
adj. un·wis·er, un·wis·est
Lacking or exhibiting a lack of wisdom; foolish or imprudent: an unwise decision.

un·wisely adv.

unwise [ʌnˈwaɪz]
adj
lacking wisdom or prudence; foolish
unwisely  adv
unwiseness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unwise - showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdomunwise - showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
2.unwise - not appropriate to the purposeunwise - not appropriate to the purpose      
impolitic - not politic; "an impolitic approach to a sensitive issue"

unwise
Translations
unwise [ˈʌnˈwaɪz] ADJ (= careless) → imprudente; (= inadvisable) → poco aconsejable
it would be unwise to + INFINsería poco aconsejable + infin
that was unwise of youlo que hiciste fue imprudente
that was most unwise of youen eso has sido muy imprudente

unwise [ʌnˈwaɪz] adjimprudent(e)
to be unwise of sb
That was rather unwise of you → C'était plutôt imprudent de votre part.
it's unwise to do sth → il est imprudent de faire qch
It would be unwise to expect too much → Il serait imprudent d'en espérer trop.
He was unwise to travel
BUT Il faisait preuve d'imprudence en voyageant.
to be unwise enough to do sth → être imprudent(e) au point de faire qch
to be unwise for sb to do sth → être imprudent de la part de qn de faire qch

unwise
adjunklug; they were unwise enough to believe himsie waren so töricht, ihm das zu glauben; I thought it unwise to travel aloneich hielt es für unklug or töricht, allein zu reisen

unwise [ʌnˈwaɪz] adj (decision, act) → avventato/a
it was unwise of you to do that → è stato imprudente da parte tua farlo

unwise
adj unwise [anˈwaiz]
not wise; foolish an unwise suggestion; It was rather unwise of you to agree to do that. onwys, dom غَيْر حَكيم глупав nerozumný uklog unklug ανόητος, απερίσκεπτος imprudente rumal احمقانه epäviisas imprudent לא נָבוֹן अज्ञानता, मूर्खता nerazuman nem okos óviturlegur imprudente 愚かな 어리석은 neprotingas ne visai gudrs; muļķīgs tdk bijak onverstandig uklok, ufornuftig niemądry imprudente nechibzuit не(благо)разумный nerozumný nespameten nerazuman oklok, oförståndig ไม่ฉลาด aptal 不智的 нерозумний, нерозсудливий احمقانہ، احمق ngu xuẩn
adv unˈwisely
onwys, dom بِدون حِكْمَه глупаво nerozumně uklogt unklug απερίσκεπτα imprudentemente rumalalt بطور نامعقول epäviisaasti imprudemment בְּצוּרָה לא נְבוֹנָה मुर्खतापूर्वक nerazumno oktalanul óviturlega imprudentemente 愚かにも 어리석게 neprotingai ne visai gudri; muļķīgi dgn cara yg tdk bijak onverstandig uklokt, ufornuftig niemądrze imprudentemente fără înţelepciune; (în mod) imprudent не(благо)разумно nerozumne nespametno nerazumno oklokt, oförståndigt อย่างไม่ฉลาด aptalca 不智地 нерозумно, нерозсудливо احمقانہ طور پر ngu xuẩn

unwise غير حكيم nerozumný uklog unklug άμυαλος insensato epäviisas imprudent nerazborit imprudente 分別のない 어리석은 onverstandig uklok nierozsądny imprudente неблагоразумный osmart ไม่ฉลาด akıllıca olmayan dại dột 不明智的


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