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Synonyms for unwise

  • adjective

Most common

foolish imprudent injudicious ill-advised

All synonyms

Adjective

foolish, imprudent, injudicious, ill-advised, impolitic, indiscreet, ill-judged, senseless, unreasonable, absurd, silly, irrational, weak, mad, simple, idle, inexpedient, insensate, unadvised, fatuous, witless, mindless

Antonyms

wise, prudent, judicious

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not wise; lacking wisdom

Example sentences

  • imprudent It is very imprudent to swim in the rapids.
  • injudicious Do not rent or sell this place, for it would be injudicious.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
unwisefalling
imprudentsteady
impoliticfalling
injudiciousfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
mad1
4 letters
weak1, idle2
5 letters
silly2
6 letters
simple2, absurd2
7 letters
foolish2, witless2, fatuous3
8 letters
mindless2
9 letters
senseless2, imprudent3, impolitic4, insensate, unadvised
10 letters
irrational4, indiscreet3
11 letters
injudicious4, inexpedient
12 letters
unreasonable4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).