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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom;
- Example: "an unwise investor is soon impoverished"

2. not appropriate to the purpose;
[syn: inexpedient, unwise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unwise \Un*wise"\, a. [AS. unw[imac]s. See Un- not, and Wise, a.] Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unwise adj 1: showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom; "an unwise investor is soon impoverished" 2: not appropriate to the purpose [syn: inexpedient, unwise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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