imprudent
/ɪmˈpruːd(ə)nt
/adjective
Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash: it would be imprudent to leave her winter coat behind...
- His logic was that opponents would be deceived by the ship's appearance, and make rash and imprudent mistakes during confrontation.
- Carrying out the original aim of a quick war with minimal civilian casualties would require taking chances that officers here now deem imprudent.
- I think in this case, he would not do anything imprudent.
Synonyms
unwise, injudicious, incautious, unwary;
ill-considered, ill-judged, ill-conceived, impolitic, misguided, ill-advised;
thoughtless, unthinking, improvident, irresponsible, short-sighted, foolish, careless, hasty, overhasty, rash, reckless, heedless, foolhardy
Derivatives
imprudence
/ noun ...- You can go to the nearest police station and for sure, you will find out that the reports are full of reckless imprudence, some of which result to homicide.
- While 45% say he has been prudent, 48% say he is guilty of imprudence.
- The utter imprudence of our mayor and City Council bewilders me.
imprudently
/ adverb ...- The Democrats criticize the administration for acting imprudently and through malfeasance.
- Beneficiaries should not be able to raid their accounts imprudently - for consumption, housing, or even emergency health reasons.
- I was a very young man, not much older than you are currently, and as you must know, young men tend to act imprudently.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin imprudent- 'not foreseeing', from in- 'not' + prudent- (see prudent).
Rhymes
- multi-product
- multiprogrammability
- multiprogrammable
- multiprogramme
- multiprogramming
- multipronged
- multiprotocol
- multipurpose
- multipurpose vehicle
- multiracial
- multiracialism
- multiracialist
- multiracially
- multiradial
- multiradiate
- multiradicular
- multi-range
- multireel
- multi-reflex
- multiregional
- multiregionalism
- multiregionalist
- multireligious
- multiresistant
- multiring