6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
adjective showing or resulting from lack of judgment or wisdom
adjective not appropriate to the purpose
originFrom Middle English unwis, from Old English unwīs (“unwise, foolish, ignorant, uninformed, insane”), equivalent to un- + wise. Cognate with Dutch onwijs (“unwise”), German unweise (“unwise”), Danish uvis (“unwise”), Swedish ovis (“unwise”), Icelandic óvís (“unwise”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0