Synonyms of unwisely

unwisely

adverb

as in foolishly

Related Words

• foolishly
• inadequately
• unsatisfactorily
• insufficiently
• undesirably
• pointlessly
• irrelevantly
• senselessly
• imperfectly
• meaninglessly
• extraneously
• improperly
• wrongly
• erroneously
• mistakenly
• inappropriately
• misguidedly
• incorrectly
• inaccurately
• unsuitably
• inaptly
• faultily
• fallibly
• amiss

Dissimilar Words

• properly
• rightly
• appropriately
• well
• correctly
• aptly
• right
• suitably
• fittingly
• perfectly
• sensibly
• infallibly
• sufficiently
• meaningfully
• adequately
• wisely
• pertinently
• satisfactorily
• prudently
• acceptably
• relevantly
• sagely
• germanely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unwisely

Driver and Teller play brothers who unwisely sign on as consultants to a sketchy construction project. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026

Their retreat quickly spirals into a nightmare when one of the group discovers a book called the Naturom Demonto in the basement, and another unwisely reads aloud from it. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026

Siobhan and Rekha collaborate to sort Oreos, but Grant spends this entire episode unwisely rushing into things and paying for it, mostly in humiliation. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026

Then, as England’s defenders desperately appealed for handball, Maradona somewhat unwisely celebrated by repeatedly raising his left fist to the crowd, replicating his decisive touch. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Mando has a brush with death after unwisely angering the Hutts, who task him with hunting down Jabba's son, Rotta (Jeremy Allen White). — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 23 May 2026

Democrats unwisely preferred one or two defunct airlines over one stronger and more viable combination of the two. — Editorial, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026

Advertisement Tom unwisely selects a female Jimmy nicknamed Jimmima (Emma Laird) as his opponent and is promptly and methodically disarmed as painfully as possible. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Jan. 2026

Campus protesters in the United States unwisely adopted slogans that were open to misinterpretation. — Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025