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Recent Examples of unwisely
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.
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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
Dank, drippy corridors and tunnels are unwisely and always creepily traversed.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2025
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
Dank, drippy corridors and tunnels are unwisely and always creepily traversed.
—Bob Strauss, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwisely
Adverb
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Scientists, like Dr Obispo, are all too easily purchased by the rich, who will use their discoveries and inventions foolishly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Yet Summers once again saw inflation in the spending foolishly agreed to by Biden.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Adverb
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India’s waste management system relies heavily on informal collectors who remain inadequately compensated, leading to the creation of parallel streams in the waste economy.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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What many patients encounter instead is medical dismissal—a pattern of having symptoms minimized, deprioritized or inadequately investigated.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
12 May 2026
Adverb
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It’s been embarrassing watching both candidates smear each other as insufficiently MAGA.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Paxton pitched Cornyn as an insufficiently conservative senator and the anti-Trump candidate.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Both of these species are large aquatic rodents that influence ecosystems – beaver dam building changes how water moves, sometimes undesirably for land owners, while nutria are non-native and damaging to wetlands.—
Alex Jensen,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 2025
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While some liners deliver an undesirably smudge-effect, Victoria Beckham Beauty perfectly plumps.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
15 Dec. 2025
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“Unwisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwisely. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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