[Vocabulary] to lose + an adverb

[brianbrian]

I would like to make up a few sentences with the verb, to lose, and then add an adverb to it.

(1) A lack of business experience made him lose money disastrously.

(2) He lost money unwisely in his ill-managed business.

(3) They lost their hard-earned money significantly on their poor investments.

Could someone please tell me whether I am using the correct adverbs to modify the verb, to lose, in these sentences? Thank you very much for your time and help.

 

[teechar]

@brianbrian, use the hints provided above by Piscean to rewrite #2 and #3.

 

[tedmc]

I think the adverbs for "lose" should describe how badly one loses or the degree of losing.

"Disastrously" is appropriate. "Unwisely" is not.
You could say "they lost significantly(without "their hard-earned money") on their poor investments", meaning, they lost a substantial amount of money.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think a pronoun can be used instead of an adverb, as in 'They lost all/most/much of their hard-earned money'.