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. )

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Example Sentences

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unwisest

A cunning little wretch, they say, and of deft tongue; but surely among the unwisest of all the Sons of Adam in that day, and such a Palinurus as seldom steered before.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle

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

We surrender to the gaping traveller's mood, which surely isn't the unwisest the heart knows.

From Italian Hours by Henry James

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 Francis Lynde

A man of true Revolutionary spirit, this Camille; but with the unwisest sallies; whom Aristocrats and Moderates have the art to corrupt!

From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle

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