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[syn: inexpedient, unwise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unwise \Un*wise"\, a. [AS. unw[imac]s. See Un- not, and
Wise, a.]
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet;
foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unwise
adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an
unwise investor is soon impoverished"
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "unwise":
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, improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inane,
inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconsiderate, indiscreet,
inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune,
insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted,
mal a propos, malapropos, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic,
naive, not bright, of little brain, out of place, pea-brained,
penny-wise and pound-foolish, pin-brained, reasonless, reckless,
senseless, shortsighted, slackminded, slackwitted, thoughtless,
unadvised, unbefitting, unconsidered, undesirable, undiscerning,
unfit, unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, ungifted, unhappy,
unintellectual, unintelligent, unmeet, unprofitable, unreasonable,
unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unseasonable, unseeing,
unseemly, unsensible, unsound, unsuitable, untalented, unthinking,
unthoughtful, untimely, witless, wrong