Dictionary Definition
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,
shortsighted]
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English
Adjective
improvidentSynonyms
- See: spendthrift
Derived terms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
brash,
brazen, brazenfaced, careless, extravagant, feckless, grasshopper, happy-go-lucky,
headlong, heedless, hubristic, impetuous, imprudent, impudent, impulsive, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, insolent, lavish, negligent, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening, prodigal, profligate, profuse, rash, reckless, shiftless, short-sighted,
spendthrift,
temerarious,
thoughtless,
thriftless, unchary, uneconomical, unmindful, unproviding, unthinking, unthoughtful, unthrifty, unwary, wasteful