Dictionary Definition
improvidence n : a lack of prudence and care by
someone in the management of resources [syn: shortsightedness] [ant:
providence]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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