imprudence
English
Etymology
im- + prudence. From Latin imprudens.
Noun
imprudence (usually uncountable; plural imprudences)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.
- (countable) An imprudent act.
- 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)[1]:
- At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby.
- 1891, Francois Coppee, Ten Tales[2]:
- Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences.
- 1903, S.C. Hill, Three Frenchmen in Bengal[3]:
- This man finally fell a victim to his diplomacies, perhaps also to his imprudences.
- 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)[1]:
Translations
quality or state of being imprudent
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imprudent act
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References
- imprudence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- imprudence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913