unwise decision

collocation in English

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unwise
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈwaɪz/us
/ʌnˈwaɪz/
stupid and likely to ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofunwiseanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Deportations resulting from an unfair orunwisedecisionof an immigration officer can cause considerable ill will and hardship.
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This seems a ratherunwisedecision, also in terms of the attempt to make it a world day.
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It may have been anunwisedecision, but that is what he wanted to do.
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I suggest this would be anunwisedecision.
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I believe that it is anunwisedecision.
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I believe it was a mostunwisedecisionto announce a timetable.
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In my opinion it was an example of a veryunwisedecisionreached through ordinary democratic procedure.
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I think that it is anunwisedecision, but it is open to them to make it.
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However, if it was decided that anunwisedecisionhad been made, that decision is certainly not irreversible.
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It is anunwisedecision.
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I regard this as anunwisedecision.
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On several occasions we have seen anunwisedecisionto give short-term benefits to consumers to the long-term detriment of the industry and, eventually, of the country as a whole.
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That is a veryunwisedecision.
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That was a veryunwisedecision.
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In some circumstances one can envisage any one of the parties being potentially a victim of theunwisedecisionto participate in a commercial arrangement of this kind.
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It is a mostunwisedecision.
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This last-resort effort to impress the female will often make her reconsider herunwisedecision.
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After that, he reluctantly made anunwisedecisionand was placed in jail for ten days with the possession of drugs.
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It was fortunate for him that this money was safely invested, or he might have been ruined by hisunwisedecisionto go into the circus business.
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If the people in that society are constantly prevented from making unwise decisions, they become weak individuals.
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