UNWISENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

asininity (the quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with stubbornness)

Derivation:

unwise (showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom)