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† improˈsperity Obs.
Also 6–7 in-.
[f. L. improsper (see next) + -ity: cf. prosperity.]
Want of, or the opposite of, prosperity; bad fortune, ill success, adversity; unprosperousness.
1528Lyndesay Dreme 848 Than quharein lyis our inprosperitie? 1634–61Feltham Resolves ii. xxxv. 254 God hath pronounc't an inprosperity to wickedness. 1660Gauden Anal. Covenant 7 What improsperities, disorders,..wars, spoils, and bloodshed. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. 107 The prosperity or improsperity of a man..does not intirely depend upon his own prudence or imprudence. |