unwisely

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Recent Examples of unwisely Campus protesters in the United States unwisely adopted slogans that were open to misinterpretation. Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwisely
Adverb
  • The Raiders once famously (and foolishly) took a victory lap around GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium after defeating the Chiefs.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Both entities foolishly used the largesse to substantially expand their unionized staffs and now don’t have the revenue base to support those higher costs.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Fueling your body inadequately will leave you feeling dissatisfied and undernourished.
    Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Decades of underfunding and under-research mean women are still diagnosed late, treated inadequately, and left to manage conditions that could have been prevented or better addressed.
    Maria Shriver, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Unwisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwisely. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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