Improvident \Im*prov"i*dent\, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf.
L. improvidus. See Provident, and cf. Imprudent.]
Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not
foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent;
thoughtless; as, an improvident man.
[1913 Webster]
Improvident soldiers! had your watch been good,
This sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak.
Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless;
prodigal; wasteful.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
46 Moby Thesaurus words for "improvident":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted
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