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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNWISDOM

UNWISDOM Un *wis "dom, n.

 

Defn: Want of wisdom; unwise conduct or action; folly; simplicity; ignorance. Sumptuary laws are among the exploded fallacies which we have outgrown, and we smile at the unwisdom which could except to regulate private habits and manners by statute. J. A. Froude.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unwisdom

un wis dom |ˌənˈwizdəm ənˈwɪzdəm | ▶noun folly; lack of wisdom: it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children. ORIGIN Old English unwīsdōm (see un- 1, wisdom ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

unwisdom

un |wis ¦dom |ʌnˈwɪzdəm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] folly; lack of wisdom: it stresses the unwisdom of fathers leaving their children. ORIGIN Old English unwīsdōm (see un- 1, wisdom ).