improvident
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɒvɪdənt/
improvident
- failing to provide for the future; reckless
- 1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies:
- When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful.
- 1909, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of The Flopsy Bunnies:
- incautious; prone to rashness
- (not provident) myopic, short, wasteful, imprudent, thriftless
- See also Thesaurus:spendthrift
- provident
- See also Thesaurus:miser
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