Infinitive complement

• assume: However, the Inquiry concluded that it would be imprudent to assume that costs in the future might fall or increase only gradually.

• take: Nevertheless, it would be extremely imprudent not to take note of the steady increase in China's military power and its potential " .

• do: Either it is imprudent to do without the " reliable " Guidelines, or they are completely irrelevant.

• carry: I consider it very imprudent to carry it to the ulterior stage, or that of torpor, at a first trial.

Modifies a noun

• marriage: It was the natural result of the conduct of each party, and such as a very imprudent marriage almost always produces.

• policy: Fifth, we will end the Chancellor's imprudent policy of increasing public spending by faster than the nation can afford.

• practice: Fourth, we have discontinued the imprudent practice of assuming revenues from privatizations that have not even been agreed.

• path: Rather than plotting a course for stability, Gordon Brown is following an imprudent path in an uncertain world.

• man: John Turnbull Angus went back to the lady at the shop, with whom that imprudent young man contrives to be extremely comfortable.

Modifying Another Word

• very: It was the natural result of the conduct of each party, and such as a very imprudent marriage almost always produces.

• extremely: This incident clearly angered his mother and unfortunately she behaved in an extremely imprudent manner.

• financially: It would appear callous to many were this hope to be dashed, and financially imprudent.

Used with adjective complement

• consider: Alternatively the charity itself may be being pressed to fund a project by reducing their reserves to a level they consider imprudent.