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单词 unwisdom
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Definition of unwisdom in English:

unwisdom

nounʌnˈwɪzdəmˌənˈwɪzdəm
mass noun
  • Folly; lack of wisdom.

    it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If you'll review the discussion there, you'll see that beginning efforts at probing some of them were taken up before the conversation was waylaid by various imputations of illegitimacy or unwisdom.
    • One future admiral, in a moment of youthful unwisdom, had a fox-hunt tattooed down his back, with the fox disappearing into its earth.
    • The rest of us will just have to live with the consequences of his unwisdom, 10 or 20 years down the road.
    • Not only are the potentialities of existing law fully extended, but the irresponsibility or unwisdom of the weaker, or the head-strong, judges are held in.
    • In his theme for this volume Churchill summarized his interpretation of the war: ‘how the English-speaking peoples through their unwisdom, carelessness, and good nature allowed the wicked to rearm’.

Origin

Old English unwīsdōm (see un-1, wisdom).

 
 

Definition of unwisdom in US English:

unwisdom

nounˌənˈwɪzdəmˌənˈwizdəm
  • Folly; lack of wisdom.

    it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not only are the potentialities of existing law fully extended, but the irresponsibility or unwisdom of the weaker, or the head-strong, judges are held in.
    • In his theme for this volume Churchill summarized his interpretation of the war: ‘how the English-speaking peoples through their unwisdom, carelessness, and good nature allowed the wicked to rearm’.
    • The rest of us will just have to live with the consequences of his unwisdom, 10 or 20 years down the road.
    • If you'll review the discussion there, you'll see that beginning efforts at probing some of them were taken up before the conversation was waylaid by various imputations of illegitimacy or unwisdom.
    • One future admiral, in a moment of youthful unwisdom, had a fox-hunt tattooed down his back, with the fox disappearing into its earth.

Origin

Old English unwīsdōm (see un-, wisdom).

 
 
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