unwisdom

1. (uncountable) Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness.Examples: "And all we conſyderynge her gracyous and charytable mynde, ſo unyuerſally, and conſyderyng the redyneſs of mercy and pyte in our Savyour Jheſu, may ſay, by lamentable complaynt of our unwyſedome, unto hym. Ah Domine! ſi fuiſſes hic—Ah my Lorde! yf thou had ben preſente, […]"; "Eccle[siasticus] 21. 15. […] Forſooth vnvviſedome is, &c. [i.e., which is plenteous in euill.] Sixtus [Pope Sixtus V] and the Louans, reading it amiſſe."; "[T]he French government has committed the unwisdom of persecuting the Saint-Simonians. Persecution is always a bungler's craft, that in trying to stop one hole opens two."Synonyms: ignorance, stupidityAntonyms: wisdom, folly, foolhardiness, foolishness, imprudence, stupidity, unwisdomuncountable

2. (countable)Examples: "For hereby are fostered, fed into gigantic bulk, all manner of Unwisdoms, poison-fruits; till, as we way, the life-tree everywhere is made a upas-tree, deadly Unwisdom overshadowing all things; […]"; "Between these two extremes, of human wisdom on the one hand, and human ignorance on the other, all manner of half wisdoms and unwisdoms, of appetites, passions, and self-denials, of convictions and prejudices, jostle one another in contending for partial and temporary dominion over the mind and the habits of man."; "Is the fall of a stone certain: and the fruit of an unwisdom doubtful?"countableuncountable

3. (countable)Examples: "[W]hat great thing ever happened in this world, a world understood always to be made and governed by a Providence and Wisdom, not by an Unwisdom, without meaning somewhat?"countablerareuncountable