单词 | improvidency |
释义 | improvidencyn. Now rare. The fact or quality of being improvident; = improvidence n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [noun] > lack of foresight improvidencec1450 improvidency1542 improvision1646 foresightlessness1880 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. f. 72 Seneca noteth the improuidencie and vnaduisednesse of many persones, whiche often tymes..leatten escape wordes, that must afterwarde come backe again by their own throtes, and cost theim their neckes. 1646 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 158. 178 Wounds occasioned by force, are asswaged by their occasion, fortune, those which are caused by deceipt, are aggravated by complaining of the occasion, improvidencie. 1780 J. Hanway Citizen's Monitor ii. 9 Are not the poors-rates the secret cause of the improvidency and licentiousness of many manufacturers, mechanics, and labouring people? 1817 Edinb. Rev. Mar. 7 If actual want be the only qualification required, this can be easily come at,..without any such glaring improvidency as shall decisively fasten upon him a criminal or a disgraceful imputation. 1899 Bedford (Indiana) Daily Mail 11 Nov. The savage and child go on in reckless improvidency. 1973 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 64 458/1 [The defendant] has no right to challenge his conviction..on any grounds except improvidency of the plea. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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