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What is another word for unwise?

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

Absurd or contrary to reason or logic

Lacking perception or understanding of something or a situation

Demonstrating a lack of tact or propriety

Recklessly bold or rash

Having an unstable state of mind

Not able, or impractical, to be implemented

Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

Not having been advised or informed about something

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Displaying a lack of sensibleness or good judgment

“It's always unwise to try and guess what Diana might or might not have thought or said.”

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Absurd or contrary to reason or logic

flakey^US

flaky^UK

dead from the neck up

stupidly irresponsible

as thick as two short planks

beyond the bounds of possibility

idealized^US

idealised^UK

never to be forgotten

phony^US

phoney^UK

not worth considering

without justification

without reason

without cause

not backed up

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“The President-elect should not heed such an unwise suggestion to debase himself to gross ignominy.”

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Lacking perception or understanding of something or a situation

“Seemingly unwise to the joke, Ms. Hopkins accepted the award and delivered a speech to a small room of attendees.”

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Demonstrating a lack of tact or propriety

“It would not only be disrespectful to ignore these anniversaries, but unwise and insensitive.”

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Recklessly bold or rash

leaving self wide open

jumping to conclusions

sticking one's neck out

not careful

asleep on the job

foot-in-mouth

leading with one's chin

careless of one's duty

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Having an unstable state of mind

flaky^UK

flakey^US

not in your right mind

not quite right in the head

not right in the head

not right upstairs

not the full shilling

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

away with the fairies

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

severely mentally ill

severely mentally disordered

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

as mad as a March hare

one sandwich short of a picnic

on the rampage

up the wall

through the roof

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

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Not able, or impractical, to be implemented

not worth considering

out of the question

impossible to carry out

idealized^US

idealised^UK

beyond the bounds of possibility

out of touch with reality

hundred-to-one

way out

highly unlikely

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

with your head in the clouds

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Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

like a babe in the woods

thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

as thick as two short planks

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

dead from the neck up

readily swallowing whole

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Not having been advised or informed about something

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