English edit

Etymology edit

From un- +‎ be- +‎ wised, perhaps modelled after German unbewusst (unconscious, unwitting, involuntary) or German unbewiesen (unproven, unverified). Compare also Dutch onbewijst (unproven, unverified).

Adjective edit

unbewised (comparative more unbewised, superlative most unbewised)

  1. (nonce word) Unconscious; unproven.
    • 1990, Dennis J. Schmidt, Hermeneutics and the Potic Motion:
      Can the polysemic and nomadic meanings of a text such as the Qur'an overcome the unbewised efforts to reduce it to monologic decree?