unwisdom
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English unwisdom, from Old English unwīsdōm, corresponding to un- + wisdom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
unwisdom (countable and uncountable, plural unwisdoms)
- Lack of wisdom; unwise conduct or action [from 9th c.]
- 1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volumes (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
- In possession of this, he could either convince his mistress of her own unwisdom, or satisfy himself that she was right
- 1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 99:
- A very common engine fault, leaking joints, provides an example of the unwisdom of undertaking design modification without full service experience. [...] After only a short period of service, however, so many railways requested a reversion to the original type that the modification had to be abandoned.
- 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 115:
- [H]e spoke of the unwisdom of volunteering one's services as a guinea pig.
- 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 151:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
lack of wisdom
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References[edit]
- “unwisdom”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English unwīsdōm; equivalent to un- + wisdom.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
unwisdom (uncountable)
Descendants[edit]
- English: unwisdom
References[edit]
- “unwī̆sdọ̄̆m, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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