Unwisdom
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /(ˌ)ʌnˈwɪzdəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Unwisdom is a noun meaning (uncountable) Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness.
Meaning
(uncountable) Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness.
More Meanings
- An instance of a lack of wisdom; a foolish act.
- A foolish or unwise being or force.
Example Sentences
The Earth is good, bountifully sends food and increase; if man's unwisdom did not intervene and forbid.
He spoke of criminal carelessness and culpable stupidity; he spoke of the unwisdom of volunteering one's services as a guinea pig.
Eccle[siasticus] 21. 15. […] Forſooth vnvviſedome is, &c. [i.e., which is plenteous in euill.] Sixtus [Pope Sixtus V] and the Louans, reading it amiſſe.
Reporting from Vietnam in 1945, he may have been the first person to assert the extreme unwisdom of trying to restore French colonialism with British troops.
Word Forms
- unwisdoms
Synonyms for unwisdom
Depending on context, synonyms include ignorance, stupidity.
Antonyms for unwisdom
Common opposites include wisdom, acuity, astuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, discrimination.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unskill, unprudence, imprudence, folly, foolishness, misadvisedness.
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