From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unwise \Un*wise"\, adjective [AS. unw[=i]s. See {Un-} not, and {Wise}, a.] Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: {inexpedient}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
89 Moby Thesaurus words for "unwise": bad, brainless, childish, fatuous, foolish, futile, headless, ignorant, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-gauged, ill-judged, ill-suited, ill-timed, immature, impolitic, impractical, improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inane, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inept, inexpedient, infelicitous, injudicious, inopportune, insensate, irrational, lackbrained, lean-minded, lean-witted, mal a propos, malapropos, mindless, misadvised, misguided, myopic, naive, not bright, of little brain, out of place, pea-brained, penny-wise and pound-foolish, pin-brained, reasonless, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, slackminded, slackwitted, thoughtless, unadvised, unbefitting, unconsidered, undesirable, undiscerning, unfit, unfitting, unforeseeing, unfortunate, ungifted, unhappy, unintellectual, unintelligent, unmeet, unprofitable, unreasonable, unreasoning, unreflecting, unreflective, unseasonable, unseeing, unseemly, unsensible, unsound, unsuitable, untalented, unthinking, unthoughtful, untimely, witless, wrong
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