Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet.
- noun An unwise or indiscreet act.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; heedlessness; indiscretion; rashness.
- noun An imprudent act.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The quality or state of being
imprudent ; want ofprudence ,caution ,discretion orcircumspection ;indiscretion ;inconsideration ;rashness ;heedlessness . - noun countable An
imprudent act.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lack of caution in practical affairs
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the dinner was over, De Segur took me to a window, expressing his uneasiness at what he called the imprudence of Jacquemont, who, he apprehended, from Joseph's silence and manner, would not escape punishment for having indirectly blamed both the restorer of religion and his plenipotentiary.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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When the dinner was over, De Segur took me to a window, expressing his uneasiness at what he called the imprudence of Jacquemont, who, he apprehended, from Joseph's silence and manner, would not escape punishment for having indirectly blamed both the restorer of religion and his plenipotentiary.
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When the dinner was over, De Segur took me to a window, expressing his uneasiness at what he called the imprudence of Jacquemont, who, he apprehended, from Joseph's silence and manner, would not escape punishment for having indirectly blamed both the restorer of religion and his plenipotentiary.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 1 Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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When the dinner was over, De Segur took me to a window, expressing his uneasiness at what he called the imprudence of Jacquemont, who, he apprehended, from Joseph's silence and manner, would not escape punishment for having indirectly blamed both the restorer of religion and his plenipotentiary.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Complete Lewis Goldsmith 1804
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Blind acceptance of any information from Wikipedia without extensive cross referencing and independent verification is an exercise in imprudence and irresponsiblility.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Preserving the legacy of the liberal peace without succumbing to the legacy of liberal imprudence is both a moral and a strategic challenge.
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The maid, with a generosity and Christian principle rarely surpassed, conscious that his imprudence might be his ruin, brought him the thirty pounds, which was part of a sum of money recently left her by legacy.
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For mental blindness, thoughtlessness and rashness pertain to imprudence, which is to be found in every sin, even as prudence is in every virtue.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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And it is desirable to prove by definitions that this conduct of his ought not to be called imprudence, or accident, or necessity, but indolence, indifference, or fatuity.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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"If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune."
Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? 1899
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