Meaning of IMPROVIDENT
| Pronunciation: | | im'prâvidunt
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- [adj] not provident; not providing for the future
- [adj] not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt"
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| | Synonyms: | | ill-considered, ill-judged, myopic, prodigal, short, shortsighted, thriftless, unforesightful, unforethoughtful |
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| | Antonyms: | | provident | | |
| | See Also: | | imprudent, wasteful | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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