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UK
/ɪmpɹˈuːdənt/
]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɹudənt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɹudənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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lacking wise self-restraint
an imprudent remark -
not prudent or wise
would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy
very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas
How To Use imprudent In A Sentence
- But if they are needy as a consequence of their criminal, irrational, or imprudent behavior, then it is not a fine thing.
- I remembered my imprudent sister and sighed, frowning.
- Stepahnie, what you write has value, but it glosses over the fact that there are millions, yes, millions, of your fellow citizens who HAVE behaved in a very prudent risk averse manner, and they are going to get hammered along with everyone else, and policies which exacerbate the exposure the risk averse to hammering caused by the behavior of the imprudent/mendacious discourages prudent risk averse behavior in the future. Matthew Yglesias » On So-Called “Irresponsible” Borrowers
- Making an immediate move seems imprudent and unnecessary.
- This has, indeed, long since been insufferable; although it ought chiefly to be imputed to the imprudent penuriousness of our own merchants and inhabitants, who, it is to be hoped, shall, through the abolition of this seawant, become wiser and more prudent. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete
- It was imprudent of you to lend money to a stranger.
- imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy
- Yet while he opposes new program spending, the professor agrees that immediate federal tax cuts would be imprudent.
- Yet error in all its forms - from misstatements to imprudent acts - can and should serve a healthy role in personal development.
- That position is both morally insupportable and legally imprudent.
