Improvidence
[ɪm'prɑvədəns]
Definition
(noun.) a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources.
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Definition
(n.) The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
Edited by Blair
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues of to-morrow.
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Examples
- And you know what _their_ improvidence is, ma'am. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Do we not find, especially in large cities, that the greatest hindrance to the amelioration of the poor is their improvidence in marriage? Plato. The Republic.
- She kept them secret from her father, whose improvidence was the cause of much of her misery. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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