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[syn: improvidence, shortsightedness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Improvidence \Im*prov"i*dence\, n. [L. improvidentia; OF.
improvidence. Cf. Imprudence.]
The quality of being improvident; lack of foresight or
thrift.
[1913 Webster]
The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me
inhuman. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
improvidence
n 1: a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of
resources [syn: improvidence, shortsightedness] [ant:
providence]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "improvidence":
brashness, brass, brazen boldness, cheek, chutzpah, fecklessness,
gall, hastiness, heedlessness, heroics, hubris, imprudence,
impudence, indiscretion, injudiciousness, insolence,
lax stewardship, negligence, overboldness, overcarelessness,
overconfidence, oversureness, overweeningness, poor husbandry,
rashness, shiftlessness, temerariousness, temerity,
thoughtlessness, thriftlessness, unchariness, unwariness
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
IMPROVIDENCE, n. Provision for the needs of to-day from the revenues
of to-morrow.