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UNWISENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms:
folly; foolishness; unwiseness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unwiseness" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unwiseness"):
indiscretion; injudiciousness (the trait of being injudicious)
absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; silliness (a ludicrous folly)
asininity (the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness)
Derivation:
unwise (showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom)
