† imprudencyn.
Obsolete.
= imprudence n.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun] > imprudence
indiscretionc1340
unprudencea1382
undiscretiona1395
unadvisednessc1449
unadvisement1526
imprudence?1541
undiscreetness1542
imprudency1576
indiscreetness1658
1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 122 Through the hastinesse, & imprudencie of ye worker.
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 166 The fault is rather to be attributed to our imprudency, and intemperancie.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. Pref. sig. a4v Men have a Toleration for their Imprudencies.
1789 A. Young Jrnl. 23 June in Trav. France (1792) i. 118 Some imprudencies in the manner of forcing the King's system.
1804 C. Lamb Let. 13 Oct. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 147 It tickles one with the image of an imprudency without the penalty usually annex'd.
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