imprudence
NounUS[im-proo-duhns]/ˌɪmˈprudəns/3 syllables
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Noun (1)
- a lack of caution in practical affairsOpposite prudenceType of incaution, incautiousnessKinds heedlessness, improvidence
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Im·pru′dence noun
Origin: L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. Improvidence.
The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence.
His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence.— William Julius Mickle
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54