Improvident definition

ĭm-prŏvĭ-dənt
The definition of improvident is not thinking about the future, especially concerning money.

An example of something improvident is buying a very large house that may be difficult to afford in a few years; an improvident purchase.

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Not providing for the future; thriftless.
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Rash; incautious.
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Failing to provide for the future; lacking foresight, thrift, etc.
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Failing to provide for the future; reckless.
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Origin of improvident

  • From the Latin improvidens; in- + provident

    From Wiktionary

Improvident Sentence Examples

  • The Malays are indolent, pleasure-loving, improvident beyond belief, fond of bright clothing, of comfort, of ease, and they dislike toil exceedingly.

  • They are for the most part, when left to their own resources, cruel, unjust, selfish and improvident.

  • Much splendid timber has been needlessly destroyed, chiefly by forest-fires, but also by improvident farmers in their haste to clear the land.

  • The propertyless bore almost the whole brunt of the famine brought about by their own improvident measures.

  • Weak, self-indulgent, improvident, he had pursued a policy of opportunism to a fatal conclusion.

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