unwisest

American  

[uhn-wahy-zist] / ʌnˈwaɪ zɪst /

adjective

1. Older Use. a rare superlative form of the adjective unwise.

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Etymology

Origin of unwisest

First recorded in 1670–80; unwis(e) ( def. ) + -est ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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unwisest

So my coming here this evening—this way—was altogether the bravest, scariest, unwisest, most-like-a-present-feeling-thing that I could possibly think of to do—for you.

From Molly Make-Believe by Tittle, Walter

"I think you're the—the unwisest woman I ever saw!"

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic

But that would be the unwisest thing a guilty man could do.

From One of My Sons by Green, Anna Katharine

Now you may always count upon this failing in a cautious man, that at a crisis he is like to do the unwisest thing that offers.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

The fact is this cleverness, after all, is merely egotism in its worst and unwisest phase.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)