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improvident(dictionary)

improvident (iou)



improvident adjective. L15.
[from IM-2 + PROVIDENT adjective, or from late Latin improvident-, formed as IM-2 + provident- pres. ppl stem of providere PROVIDE verb: see -ENT.]
Unforeseeing. L15.
W. S. Churchill Parliament..was eager for war, improvident in preparation, and resentful in paying for it.
Incautious, unwary; heedless. L16.
J. C. Oates She was to be accused of reckless, improvident thinking.
Lacking foresight; spendthrift; failing to provide for the future. E17.
H. Keller I am improvident enough to prefer present joy to hoarding riches against a rainy day.
improvidently adverb LME.
improvidentness noun (rare) E18.