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1.
unwīs(e
adj.
Additional spellings:
unwise
60 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Lacking in sense, judgment, or discretion; foolish, imprudent; also, characterized by a lack of sense, judgment, or discretion; also in proverbs; of an animal: lacking the faculty of reason;
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unwīsnes
n.
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Foolishness, folly.
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unwīselī
adv.
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(a) In a foolish manner; rashly, carelessly; imprudently, injudiciously; also, ?for behaving foolishly, imprudently, etc. [quot. a1500(?a1400)] (b) unskillfully, incompetently;
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