About The Word Improvident
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Improvident
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What's The Definition Of Improvident?
[adj] not provident; not providing for the future
[adj] not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" Synonyms | Synonyms for Improvident: ill-considered | ill-judged | myopic | prodigal | short | shortsighted | thriftless | unforesightful | unforethoughtful Related Terms | Find terms related to Improvident: brash | brazen | brazenfaced | careless | extravagant | feckless | grasshopper | happy-go-lucky | headlong | heedless | hubristic | impetuous | imprudent | impudent | impulsive | incautious | indiscreet | injudicious | insolent | lavish | negligent | overbold | overcareless | overconfident | oversure | overweening | prodigal | profligate | profuse | rash | reckless | shiftless | short-sighted | spendthrift | temerarious | thoughtless | thriftless | unchary | uneconomical | unmindful | unproviding | unthinking | unthoughtful | unthrifty | unwary | wasteful See Also | imprudent | wasteful Improvident In Webster's Dictionary \Im*prov"i*dent\, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf.
L. improvidus. See {Provident}, and cf. {Imprudent}.]
Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not
foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent;
thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This
sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak.
Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless;
prodigal; wasteful.
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