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unwise

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
unwise/ʌnˈwʌɪz/

▶adjective foolish.

– derivatives
unwisely adverb.

– origin OE unwīs (see un-1, wise1).

'unwise' also found in these Oxford entries:

false move - foolish - funeral - hostage - ill-judged - impolitic - inadvisable - injudicious - misplaced - possess - put - unadvisedly - wage

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