improvident

Speech parts

1. improvident - Adjective

2. improvident - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

wasteful cavalier short indiscreet prodigal inefficient idle improper lavish extravagant rash careless reckless negligent impetuous
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Antonyms

provident Jew mystic lambda prudential long
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Phrases with the word

improvident about less improvident more improvident

Examples

ill-considered actions often result in disaster Source: Internet

an ill-judged attempt Source: Internet

Goring, p. 62. Arlington House The improvident Goring defaulted on his rents; Goring, p. 58. Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington obtained the mansion and was occupying it, now known as Goring House, when it burned down in 1674. Source: Internet

Concise Dictionary of National Biography, founded 1882 by George Smith, part 1 – to 1900. p. 133 Following Raleigh's death, members of his family approached Boyle for compensation on the ground that Raleigh had struck an improvident bargain. Source: Internet

Hardin said that if the children of improvident parents starved to death, if overbreeding was its own punishment, then there would be no public interest in controlling the breeding of families. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

improves with age improvided improvidence improvident about improvidentially improvidently