Improvident

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  • adjective. Not providing for the future; thriftless.
  • adjective. Rash; incautious.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not provident; wanting foresight; neglecting to provide for future needs or exigencies; unthrifty.
  • Synonyms Imprudent, shiftless, careless, prodigal. See wisdom.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless.
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  • adjective. failing to provide for the future; reckless
  • adjective. incautious; prone to rashness
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  • adjective. not given careful consideration
  • adjective. not provident; not providing for the future
    • Word Usage
    "I do not like being asked to pay large sums of money for windfalls to the improvident, but given the choice between improvident families losing their homes and stock and bondholders in improvident banks, I know whose windfall I’d choose to hand my a share of my income to."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    miser  provident  
    Equivalent
    imprudent  myopic  short  shortsighted  thriftless  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deprave  imprudent  incompetent  indiscreet  indolent  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brash  brazen  brazenfaced  careless  careless  
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