unwiser

American  

[uhn-wahy-zer] / ʌnˈwaɪ zər /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of unwiser

First recorded in 1640–50; unwis(e) ( def. ) + -er ⁴ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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unwiser

Seldom has a man made an unwiser public display of pedantry.

From Time Magazine Archive

No man, wiser, unwiser, can make thee come or go; but thy own futilities, bewilderments, thy false appetites for money—Windsor Georges and such like!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Men are unwiser than children; they do not know the hand that feeds them.—Carlyle.

From The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day by Alexander F. Chamberlain

He grows the unwiser by other men's harms, for the worse others write, he finds the more encouragement to do so too.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

As it turned out, I never did an unwiser thing; but I had no means of knowing how unwise it was, and I was affected by her tears and protestations.

From In Direst Peril by David Christie Murray