unwise
/ʌnˈwaɪz/
unwise adjective: not wise; lacking wisdom.
Adjective
unwise (comparative unwiser, superlative unwisest)
- Not wise; lacking wisdom
- unwise man
- unwise kings
- Synonyms:
- injudicious, indiscreet, foolish, imprudent, mad
unwise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
unwise in Hindi
- अविवेकी
unwise in Tamil
- விவேகமற்ற
unwise in Marathi
- अविवेकी
unwise in Telugu
- unwise, imprudent, foolish
- కచ్చా kaccā
More languagesFewer languages
- unwise in Malayalam
- ബുദ്ധിപൂർവ്വകമല്ലാത്ത, ബുദ്ധിയില്ലാത്ത, ദുരുപദിഷ്ടമായ, നിർവ്വിവേക
- unwise in Kannada
- ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಹೆಡ್ಡು, ದುಡುಕುವ, ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
- unwise in Gujarati
- અવિવેકી
- unwise in Sanskrit
- अप्रचेतस् ápracetas, अज्ञानिन् ajñānin
Examples of unwise in a sentence
- Rex unwise enough to venture into the wrong body of water in pursuit of prey.
- “It is unwise for auterists to put auteurs on a pedal stool above nonauteurs.”
- It would be unwise, however, to assume that such technofixes will always be available.
Synonyms of unwise
Antonyms
Forms of unwise
| comparative | unwiser |
|---|---|
| superlative | unwisest |
Origin of unwise
From Middle English unwis, from Old English unwīs (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- + wise. Cognate with Dutch onwijs (“unwise”), German unweise (“unwise”), Danish uvis (“unwise”), Swedish ovis (“unwise”), Icelandic óvís (“unwise”).
Words formed from unwise
Words that rhyme with unwise
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
Questions about unwise
- What does unwise mean?
- Unwise means not wise; lacking wisdom.
- What is unwise in Hindi?
- Unwise in Hindi is अविवेकी. See Unwise meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is unwise?
- Unwise is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unwise?
- Unwise is pronounced /ʌnˈwaɪz/.
Words near unwise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unwise (page history and authors); unwise (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unwise (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwise (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); కచ్చా (Telugu) (page history and authors); unwise (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwise (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अज्ञानिन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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