Imprudent
adjective
Not careful or not taking care to avoid harm or inconvenience.
It would be imprudent to leave your bag unattended here.
Often appears as...
- imprudent decision
- imprudent behavior
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Disapproving
adjective
Not careful or not taking care to avoid harm or inconvenience.
It would be imprudent to leave your bag unattended here.
Often appears as...
- imprudent decision
- imprudent behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Imprudent implies a judgement of someone's actions as negative because they lack careful thought.
His imprudent remarks about the boss's strategy could get him in trouble.
Pro Tip 2/3Risk of Harm
Use 'imprudent' to suggest that an action could likely lead to harm or a bad outcome.
Driving without a seatbelt is an imprudent choice.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Planning
'Imprudent' can describe actions done without planning ahead or considering the consequences.
Buying a car without a job was an imprudent decision.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Imprudent implies a judgement of someone's actions as negative because they lack careful thought.
His imprudent remarks about the boss's strategy could get him in trouble.
Pro Tip 2/3Risk of Harm
Use 'imprudent' to suggest that an action could likely lead to harm or a bad outcome.
Driving without a seatbelt is an imprudent choice.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Planning
'Imprudent' can describe actions done without planning ahead or considering the consequences.
Buying a car without a job was an imprudent decision.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Imprudent implies a judgement of someone's actions as negative because they lack careful thought.
His imprudent remarks about the boss's strategy could get him in trouble.
Pro Tip 2/3Risk of Harm
Use 'imprudent' to suggest that an action could likely lead to harm or a bad outcome.
Driving without a seatbelt is an imprudent choice.
Pro Tip 3/3Lack of Planning
'Imprudent' can describe actions done without planning ahead or considering the consequences.
Buying a car without a job was an imprudent decision.
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Terry Hunt and Carl...
impoverished by their own imprudent actions increasing competition over limited resources Diamond believed led to warfare and finally cannibalism and chaos this happened just before so it said Europeans arrived to see the
Video examples
Terry Hunt and Carl...
impoverished by their own imprudent actions increasing competition over limited resources Diamond believed led to warfare and finally cannibalism and chaos this happened just before so it said Europeans arrived to see the
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Quote examples
James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing doctrine that we go beyond good sense and manners, thereby promoting contention, or say and do imprudent things, invoke cynicism, or ridicule with flippancy.
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Eric Maskin
American Economist
If banks anticipate government will come to the rescue should the credit market go badly awry, they may make loans that would otherwise be imprudent, e.g. subprime loans with little prospect of repayment.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.
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Steven Rattner
American Businessman
Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily.
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Zachary Taylor
American President
I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Let us not become so intense in our zeal to do good by winning arguments or by our pure intention in disputing doctrine that we go beyond good sense and manners, thereby promoting contention, or say and do imprudent things, invoke cynicism, or ridicule with flippancy.
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Eric Maskin
American Economist
If banks anticipate government will come to the rescue should the credit market go badly awry, they may make loans that would otherwise be imprudent, e.g. subprime loans with little prospect of repayment.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.
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Steven Rattner
American Businessman
Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children.
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish Sociologist
The consumerist culture insists that swearing eternal loyalty to anything and anybody is imprudent, since in this world new glittering opportunities crop up daily.
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Zachary Taylor
American President
I will not say I would not serve if the good people were imprudent enough to elect me.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.
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Charles Caleb Colton
English Writer
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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