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[ im-prood-nt ] / ɪmˈprud nt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR imprudent ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash. Origin of imprudent1350–1400; Middle English <Latin imprūdent- (stem of imprūdēns) unforeseeing, rash. See im-2, prudent SYNONYMS FOR imprudentunwise, indiscreet, ill-advised. SEE SYNONYMS FOR imprudent ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM imprudentim·pru·dence, im·pru·dent·ness, im·pru·den·cy, nounim·pru·dent·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH imprudentimprudent , impudentWords nearby imprudentimprovisatory, improvise, improvised, improvised explosive device, improvvisatore, imprudent, impsonite, impudence, impudent, impudicity, impugn Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for imprudentMarine One’s crew was saying that bad visibility could make it imprudent to chopper to the cemetery. Did Trump call US war dead “losers” and “suckers”? The controversy, explained.|Alex Ward|September 4, 2020|Vox Can there be any doubt that it is imprudent to kill alleged traitors without even bothering to convict them? Assassinating Americans|Conor Friedersdorf|February 7, 2010|DAILY BEAST Family troubles—money losses, you understand: and then his father made an imprudent marriage. The Adventures of Harry Revel|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch With almost too much heartiness I hastily agreed it would be imprudent. Once Upon A Time|Richard Harding Davis
John Turnbull Angus went back to the lady at the shop, with whom that imprudent young man contrives to be extremely comfortable. The Innocence of Father Brown|G. K. Chesterton Should the Hauhau be so imprudent as to answer "Yes," Titoko would lift his potato-kit and set it on his rival's head. The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan I am accused already of being romantic and imprudent, yet I would urge it on my father if I saw them desirous to hasten it. Heartsease|Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for imprudent
adjectivenot prudent; rash, heedless, or indiscreet Derived forms of imprudentimprudence, nounimprudently, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to imprudentfoolhardy, ill-considered, thoughtless, irresponsible, careless, unwise, ill-advised, foolish, reckless, brash, heedless, impolitic, improvident, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, rash, temerarious |