noun. The quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet.

noun. An unwise or indiscreet act.

noun. The quality of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; heedlessness; indiscretion; rashness.

noun. An imprudent act.

noun. The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act.

noun. The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.

noun. An imprudent act.

noun. a lack of caution in practical affairs

"When the dinner was over, De Segur took me to a window, expressing his uneasiness at what he called the imprudence of Jacquemont, who, he apprehended, from Joseph's silence and manner, would not escape punishment for having indirectly blamed both the restorer of religion and his plenipotentiary."

incaution  incautiousness  

heedlessness  improvidence  mindlessness  rashness  shortsightedness  

Prudence  jurisprudence  prudence  

baseness  carelessness  cupidity  dishonesty  disobedience  

absurdity  act of folly  blunder  brashness  brass