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unwise

adj
/ʌnˈwaɪz/

Etymology

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”).

  1. inherited from unwīs — “unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”
  2. inherited from unwis

Definitions

  1. Not wise

    Not wise; lacking wisdom

    • unwise man
    • unwise kings
    • unwise measures

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unwise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unwise02wise03disrespectful04heedless05noticing06noticed07notice08warning09warn

A definitional loop anchored at unwise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at unwise

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA