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unwise
What does unwise mean?
unwise (adjective): showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use unwise in a sentence?
- An unwise investor is soon impoverished. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce unwise?
/ənˈwaɪz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does unwise come from?
From Middle English unwis, from Old English unwīs (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- + wise.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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