Definitions for unwise
ʌnˈwaɪzun·wise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwiseadjective

   showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom

   "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"

2. inexpedient, unwiseadjective

   not appropriate to the purpose

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwiseadjective

   Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish.

   unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures

2. Etymology: From unwis, from unwis, equivalent to. Cognate with onwijs, unweise, uvis, ovis, óvís.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwiseadjective

   Weak; defective in wisdom.

   O good, but most unwise patricians! why,
   You grave, but reckless senators, have you thus
   Giv’n Hydra here to chuse an officer? William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Be not ta’en tardy by unwise delay. William Shakespeare.

   He who of those delights can judge, and spare
   To interpose them oft, is not unwise. John Milton.

   This the Greeks say, this the barbarians; the wise and the unwise. John Tillotson.

   When kings grow stubborn, slothful, or unwise,
   Each private man for publick good should rise. Dryden.

   When the balance of power is duly fixt in a state, nothing is more dangerous or unwise, than to give way to the first steps of popular encroachments. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwise

   Foolishness is the unawareness or lack of social norms which causes offence, annoyance, trouble and/or injury. The things such as impulsivity and/or influences may affect a person's ability to make otherwise reasonable decisions. In this sense, it differs from stupidity, which is the lack of intelligence. An act of foolishness is called folly.

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1. unwise

   Unwise refers to showing poor judgment or making poor decisions; lacking wisdom or common sense. It denotes behaving or acting in a way that is not sensible, prudent, or beneficial.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwiseadjective

   not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Unwise

   un-wīz′, adj. not wise: injudicious: foolish.—n. Unwis′dom, want of wisdom: ignorance: foolishness.—adv. Unwise′ly, not wisely or prudently.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unwise in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unwise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of unwise in a Sentence

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   The wall is, in my view, immoral, expensive, unwise.

2. Dick Durbin:

   It's no coincidence that the Sessions memo was quietly signed on the same day the President was making major headlines for firing FBI Director Comey because of his investigation of Trump — this policy is unjust and unwise and can't withstand even minimal public scrutiny.

3. Tim Kaine:

   Sixteen years is very unwise to let war happen on auto-pilot.

4. George Bernard Shaw:

   It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

5. Abby Schreiber:

   I don’t think it’s necessarily unwise for a business to make a political statement, particularly privately-owned businesses in the fashion sector, said Abby Schreiber, managing editor at Paper Magazine. Fashion has always been about expression, provocation and, not infrequently, politics and, to that end, these designers ’ refusal to dress Melania Trump is not, in and of itself, unusual for this industry. fashion designers have long attempted to tell a story about their brand and vision and to articulate a feeling, emotion or sense of who their customer or ‘ muse ’ is, Schreiber said. And for those designers who are troubled by the hateful, bigoted rhetoric that surrounded Trump’s campaign, it may make sense for them to want to distance their brand and their vision from it. But Robert Casey, President of modeling agency Maggie, Inc., offered a simple solution.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=unwise
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Unwise
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=unwise
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unwise
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unwise
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=unwise