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1 imprudence
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imprudence — imprudent im‧pru‧dent [ɪmˈpruːdnt] adjective a decision, plan etc that is imprudent is not sensible or wise: • The finance house took action against some employers for imprudent decisions in buying annuities. imprudently adverb imprudence noun… … Financial and business terms
imprudence — imprudent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash. DERIVATIVES imprudence noun imprudently adverb … English terms dictionary
imprudence — noun a) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness. b) … Wiktionary
imprudence — I noun blunder, carelessness, heedlessness, impetuosity, impolicy, improvidence, inadvisability, incautiousness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indiscreetness, indiscretion, injudiciousness, irrationality, irresponsibility, neglect,… … Law dictionary
imprudence — (n.) early 15c., quality of rashness or heedlessness; imprudent act, from L. imprudentia lack of foresight, inconsiderateness, ignorance, inadvertence, noun of quality from imprudens (see IMPRUDENT (Cf. imprudent)) … Etymology dictionary
imprudence — noun Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being imprudent 2. an imprudent act … New Collegiate Dictionary
imprudence — noun a lack of caution in practical affairs • Ant: ↑prudence • Derivationally related forms: ↑imprudent • Hypernyms: ↑incaution, ↑incautiousness • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
imprudent — im‧pru‧dent [ɪmˈpruːdnt] adjective a decision, plan etc that is imprudent is not sensible or wise: • The finance house took action against some employers for imprudent decisions in buying annuities. imprudently adverb imprudence noun [countable … Financial and business terms
imprudently — imprudent im‧pru‧dent [ɪmˈpruːdnt] adjective a decision, plan etc that is imprudent is not sensible or wise: • The finance house took action against some employers for imprudent decisions in buying annuities. imprudently adverb imprudence noun… … Financial and business terms
imprudent — UK [ɪmˈpruːd(ə)nt] / US [ɪmˈprud(ə)nt] adjective formal not sensible, especially in relation to the way that money is spent or invested It would be financially imprudent to invest money in the business. Derived words: imprudence noun… … English dictionary
imprudent — adjective not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash. Derivatives imprudence noun imprudently adverb … English new terms dictionary