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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not provident; not providing for the future;

2. not given careful consideration;
- Example: "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"
- Example: "an ill-judged attempt"
[syn: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Improvident \Im*prov"i*dent\, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf.
   L. improvidus. See Provident, and cf. Imprudent.]
   Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not
   foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent;
   thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
   [1913 Webster]

         Improvident soldiers! had your watch been good,
         This sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak.

   Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless;
        prodigal; wasteful.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

improvident
    adj 1: not provident; not providing for the future [ant:
           provident]
    2: not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions
       often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn:
       ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident,
       shortsighted]