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Adjective: unwise (unwiser,unwisest)  ,ún'wIz
  1. Showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
    "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"
     
  2. Not appropriate to the purpose
    - inexpedient

Derived forms: unwiser, unwisest

See also: daft [Brit, informal], dumb, foolish, imbecile, imbecilic, impolitic, stupid

Encyclopedia: Unwise

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unwholesome
unwholesomeness
unwieldiness
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unwontedly
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