unwisest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of unwisest
First recorded in 1670–80; unwis(e) ( def. ) + -est 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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But that would be the unwisest thing a guilty man could do.
From One of My Sons by Anna Katharine Green
He did the unwisest thing he could possibly have done.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady
The fact is this cleverness, after all, is merely egotism in its worst and unwisest phase.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It was an unwise speech; it was the unwisest speech I could have made.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
Nor can the unwisest "prescribed course of study" be considered quite useless, if it have incited you to try nobly on all sides for a course of your own.
From Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle
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