improvidentialadj.

Brit.

/ɪmˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˌprɑvəˈdɛn(t)ʃ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², providential adj.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + providential adj. With sense 2 compare earlier improvident adj.The following slightly earlier example occurs in a list of words with six, seven, and eight syllables, but in the absence of further context cannot be assigned to either sense with certainty:1681 J. Ussher Protestant School 103 Im-pro-vi-den-ti-al, improvidential.

1. Not providential; not relating to or governed by the operation of Providence; (now chiefly) unfortunate, unlucky, inopportune.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adjective] > capable of being predicted > not

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a1684 R. Leighton Serm. (1692) ii. 27 Though trouble be the general Lot of Mankind, yet it doth not come on him by an improvidential fatality.

1732 G. Reynolds Diss. Mathew 64 The Holy Ghost, (say these Harmonists) dictated the Gospel in good Order, but fail'd in the After-Composure, than which nothing can be more improvidential and absurd.

1872 N. Hawthorne in St. Pauls Apr. 363 It seemed not improvidential that such an inimical state of mind towards the human race was accompanied with an almost inability of motion, else it would not be safe to be within a considerable distance of her.

1986 Princeton Alumni Weekly 10 Dec. 40/1 We met by improvidential accident on the campus of the American University in Cairo.

2010 J. Spring Secret Historian i. 4 Faced both with the death of his mother and the improvidential absence of his father, the six-year-old Steward might well have withdrawn into grief or shocked stupor.

2. Characterized by improvidence; lacking foresight or regard for the future; improvident.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > without foresight

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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless > for the future

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1712 N. Rowe tr. C. Quillet Callipædia i. 77 Here must I needs exclaim..On Noblemen's Improvidential Care; Who to their forward Sons give loose the Reins.

1789 Let. on Expected Addr. to His Majesty i. 1 Careless to the remoter evils, which any improvidential measures in regard to the event in question, might have been calculated to produce.

1878 Manufacturer & Builder Apr. 73/3 Leave England to go on blindly in her mad, improvidential career of exhausting her coal so much the sooner, and hastening the impoverishment of Great Britain.

1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 281 When you see small square potato patches dot the landscape near his kaingas, this meagre husbandry is no sign of improvidential laziness.

2006 L. Mazzari Southern Modernist v. 122 Whites generally considered that ‘the Negro was inferior’, in part because of what they saw as an inherently improvidential nature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	improvidential
释义	improvidentialadj. Brit. /ɪmˌprɒvᵻˈdɛnʃl/, U.S. /ᵻmˌprɑvəˈdɛn(t)ʃ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², providential adj. Etymology: < im- prefix² + providential adj. With sense 2 compare earlier improvident adj.The following slightly earlier example occurs in a list of words with six, seven, and eight syllables, but in the absence of further context cannot be assigned to either sense with certainty:1681 J. Ussher Protestant School 103 Im-pro-vi-den-ti-al, improvidential. 1. Not providential; not relating to or governed by the operation of Providence; (now chiefly) unfortunate, unlucky, inopportune. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [adjective] > capable of being predicted > not improvidentiala1684 unpredictable1840 random1971 a1684 R. Leighton Serm. (1692) ii. 27 Though trouble be the general Lot of Mankind, yet it doth not come on him by an improvidential fatality. 1732 G. Reynolds Diss. Mathew 64 The Holy Ghost, (say these Harmonists) dictated the Gospel in good Order, but fail'd in the After-Composure, than which nothing can be more improvidential and absurd. 1872 N. Hawthorne in St. Pauls Apr. 363 It seemed not improvidential that such an inimical state of mind towards the human race was accompanied with an almost inability of motion, else it would not be safe to be within a considerable distance of her. 1986 Princeton Alumni Weekly 10 Dec. 40/1 We met by improvidential accident on the campus of the American University in Cairo. 2010 J. Spring Secret Historian i. 4 Faced both with the death of his mother and the improvidential absence of his father, the six-year-old Steward might well have withdrawn into grief or shocked stupor. 2. Characterized by improvidence; lacking foresight or regard for the future; improvident. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > without foresight improvidentc1487 improvidential1712 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless > for the future improvident1589 improvidential1712 hand-to-mouth1748 1712 N. Rowe tr. C. Quillet Callipædia i. 77 Here must I needs exclaim..On Noblemen's Improvidential Care; Who to their forward Sons give loose the Reins. 1789 Let. on Expected Addr. to His Majesty i. 1 Careless to the remoter evils, which any improvidential measures in regard to the event in question, might have been calculated to produce. 1878 Manufacturer & Builder Apr. 73/3 Leave England to go on blindly in her mad, improvidential career of exhausting her coal so much the sooner, and hastening the impoverishment of Great Britain. 1905 W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 281 When you see small square potato patches dot the landscape near his kaingas, this meagre husbandry is no sign of improvidential laziness. 2006 L. Mazzari Southern Modernist v. 122 Whites generally considered that ‘the Negro was inferior’, in part because of what they saw as an inherently improvidential nature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1684
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