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Discover LudwigThe phrase "act unwisely" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone making poor decisions or choices that lack good judgment.
Example: "If you choose to ignore the warnings, you may act unwisely and face serious consequences."
Alternatives: "make foolish decisions" or "behave imprudently."
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Just like C.F.O.'s, chief executives often suffer from overconfidence, which can cause them to act unwisely.
Now in the Supreme Court's hands is the Flag Protection Act unwisely passed last year by the Democratic Congress.
On Friday morning, Trump tweeted, "Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely".
"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely," Trump wrote.
Trump replied, in a tweet, that "military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely".
And Mr. Trump's words — "Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely," he said in an August post on Twitter — have left senior officers and rank-and-file troops convinced that they need to accelerate their contingency planning.
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The majority has acted unwisely.
"The majority has acted unwisely," he said.
If it acts unwisely, the electorate can make a change.
The majority had "acted unwisely" to "stop the counting of legal votes," Justice Stevens said.
For a supposedly impartial regulator, she must surely accept that she acted unwisely.
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