Definition of improvident in English:

improvident

adjective ɪmˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntˌɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)nt

Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
无远见的；挥霍的；轻率的
improvident and undisciplined behaviour
轻率任性的行为。
Example sentencesExamples
- Now that our government has implicated us in this regrettable, improvident and illegal war - we are obliged to make a substantial commitment to reconstruction.
- This well illustrates that even the best regulated national fisheries are not immune to improvident policies motivated by short-term social and political concerns.
- Or put another way, it's stealing from tomorrow to make up for the improvident ways of today.
- The wives are greedy and the men, in the absence of any well-regulated women, are recklessly improvident.
- Born in London in 1914 and educated at private schools, he never knew his father and grew up in lodgings with a mother who was as improvident as she was unpresentable.
- He had hoped it would bring him money and social position, but Emily's father ties up her fortune, and Lopez is revealed as an improvident adventurer.
- This bill proposes to create a civil action for the improvident transfer of property by a vulnerable adult.
- It was held that notwithstanding the solicitor's lapses leading to the pretrial, they did not, alone or in combination, amount to egregious error, nor was the plaintiff's settlement improvident.
- Theodore was born at Port Adelaide into the large and improvident family of a Romanian father and English - Irish mother.
- But this, too, is true: Every improvident loan requires an improvident borrower to seek and accept it.
- Many people of normal capacity make improvident and unwise decisions in business matters.
- Consequently, early versions of the installment plan were dismissed as the folly of the improvident poor, immigrants, and women.
- No evidence is found that would suggest in all the circumstances that the transaction was intently improvident or fraudulent.
- It is a matter of irrelevance, at least to me, whether the grant was improvident or no.
- No evidence was adduced to show that this was an improvident sale.
- Hobbling creditors means that interest rates rise permanently, to the sober and honest as well as the improvident; but why should the former be taxed to subsidize the latter?
- While damages may be the remedy in an action for improvident sale, following disposal those damages cannot be measured without a benchmark of value consistent with commercial reasonability.
- Henry VI proved to be improvident, malleable, vacillating, partisan, uninterested in the arts of government, and, above all, antipathetic to the chivalric world his ancestors had adorned.
- No. Unless the court expressly reserved authority to do so in its order, the court can only reduce the fee if it is improvident as a result of an event that was not capable of being anticipated at the time of the order.
- Lily is spoiled, pleasure-loving, and has one of those society mothers who are as improvident as a tornado.
Synonyms
spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, uneconomical, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive
shiftless, feckless
imprudent, irresponsible, incautious, careless, reckless, rash, impetuous, hasty, thoughtless

Derivatives

improvidence

noun ɪmˈprɒvɪd(ə)nsɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)ns

Poverty isn't something that all people bring upon themselves by their own improvidence.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some commentators still blamed working men's improvidence for forcing their wives out to work, but social investigators increasingly documented the fact that most men simply could not earn a breadwinner wage.
- Hearst's inclusiveness as a collector, coupled with his improvidence as a purchaser, contributed to an indebtedness of $100 million in 1937-a predicament so grave that he had to sell more than half his art collection.
- This put the family friend in a position to control future distributions of income from the LLC, an important layer of protection against the improvidence of spendthrift heirs.
- His general improvidence and fecklessness kept his wife and family in perennially exigent financial circumstances, and his lawyers and accountants in a state bordering on despair.

improvidently

adverb ɪmˈprɒvɪdəntliɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)ntli

Democrats, notoriously cold toward losing candidates they have improvidently nominated, resemble Dallas fans as described by quarterback Roger Staubach: " Cowboy fans love you, win or tie.
Example sentencesExamples
- We do not seek to pull down improvidently all structures of society, but to erect balustrades upon the stairway of life, which will prevent helpless or foolish people from falling into the abyss.

Rhymes

provident

Definition of improvident in US English:

improvident

adjectiveˌimˈprävəd(ə)ntˌɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)nt

Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless.
无远见的；挥霍的；轻率的
improvident and undisciplined behavior
轻率任性的行为。
Example sentencesExamples
- Consequently, early versions of the installment plan were dismissed as the folly of the improvident poor, immigrants, and women.
- Now that our government has implicated us in this regrettable, improvident and illegal war - we are obliged to make a substantial commitment to reconstruction.
- Henry VI proved to be improvident, malleable, vacillating, partisan, uninterested in the arts of government, and, above all, antipathetic to the chivalric world his ancestors had adorned.
- This bill proposes to create a civil action for the improvident transfer of property by a vulnerable adult.
- No evidence was adduced to show that this was an improvident sale.
- This well illustrates that even the best regulated national fisheries are not immune to improvident policies motivated by short-term social and political concerns.
- It was held that notwithstanding the solicitor's lapses leading to the pretrial, they did not, alone or in combination, amount to egregious error, nor was the plaintiff's settlement improvident.
- The wives are greedy and the men, in the absence of any well-regulated women, are recklessly improvident.
- No evidence is found that would suggest in all the circumstances that the transaction was intently improvident or fraudulent.
- Many people of normal capacity make improvident and unwise decisions in business matters.
- It is a matter of irrelevance, at least to me, whether the grant was improvident or no.
- No. Unless the court expressly reserved authority to do so in its order, the court can only reduce the fee if it is improvident as a result of an event that was not capable of being anticipated at the time of the order.
- Lily is spoiled, pleasure-loving, and has one of those society mothers who are as improvident as a tornado.
- Hobbling creditors means that interest rates rise permanently, to the sober and honest as well as the improvident; but why should the former be taxed to subsidize the latter?
- Or put another way, it's stealing from tomorrow to make up for the improvident ways of today.
- Born in London in 1914 and educated at private schools, he never knew his father and grew up in lodgings with a mother who was as improvident as she was unpresentable.
- He had hoped it would bring him money and social position, but Emily's father ties up her fortune, and Lopez is revealed as an improvident adventurer.
- Theodore was born at Port Adelaide into the large and improvident family of a Romanian father and English - Irish mother.
- While damages may be the remedy in an action for improvident sale, following disposal those damages cannot be measured without a benchmark of value consistent with commercial reasonability.
- But this, too, is true: Every improvident loan requires an improvident borrower to seek and accept it.
Synonyms
spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, uneconomical, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive

词汇	improvident
释义	Definition of improvident in English: improvident adjective ɪmˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntˌɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)nt Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless. 无远见的；挥霍的；轻率的 improvident and undisciplined behaviour 轻率任性的行为。 Example sentencesExamples Now that our government has implicated us in this regrettable, improvident and illegal war - we are obliged to make a substantial commitment to reconstruction. This well illustrates that even the best regulated national fisheries are not immune to improvident policies motivated by short-term social and political concerns. Or put another way, it's stealing from tomorrow to make up for the improvident ways of today. The wives are greedy and the men, in the absence of any well-regulated women, are recklessly improvident. Born in London in 1914 and educated at private schools, he never knew his father and grew up in lodgings with a mother who was as improvident as she was unpresentable. He had hoped it would bring him money and social position, but Emily's father ties up her fortune, and Lopez is revealed as an improvident adventurer. This bill proposes to create a civil action for the improvident transfer of property by a vulnerable adult. It was held that notwithstanding the solicitor's lapses leading to the pretrial, they did not, alone or in combination, amount to egregious error, nor was the plaintiff's settlement improvident. Theodore was born at Port Adelaide into the large and improvident family of a Romanian father and English - Irish mother. But this, too, is true: Every improvident loan requires an improvident borrower to seek and accept it. Many people of normal capacity make improvident and unwise decisions in business matters. Consequently, early versions of the installment plan were dismissed as the folly of the improvident poor, immigrants, and women. No evidence is found that would suggest in all the circumstances that the transaction was intently improvident or fraudulent. It is a matter of irrelevance, at least to me, whether the grant was improvident or no. No evidence was adduced to show that this was an improvident sale. Hobbling creditors means that interest rates rise permanently, to the sober and honest as well as the improvident; but why should the former be taxed to subsidize the latter? While damages may be the remedy in an action for improvident sale, following disposal those damages cannot be measured without a benchmark of value consistent with commercial reasonability. Henry VI proved to be improvident, malleable, vacillating, partisan, uninterested in the arts of government, and, above all, antipathetic to the chivalric world his ancestors had adorned. No. Unless the court expressly reserved authority to do so in its order, the court can only reduce the fee if it is improvident as a result of an event that was not capable of being anticipated at the time of the order. Lily is spoiled, pleasure-loving, and has one of those society mothers who are as improvident as a tornado. Synonyms spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, uneconomical, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive shiftless, feckless imprudent, irresponsible, incautious, careless, reckless, rash, impetuous, hasty, thoughtless Derivatives improvidence noun ɪmˈprɒvɪd(ə)nsɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)ns Poverty isn't something that all people bring upon themselves by their own improvidence. Example sentencesExamples Some commentators still blamed working men's improvidence for forcing their wives out to work, but social investigators increasingly documented the fact that most men simply could not earn a breadwinner wage. Hearst's inclusiveness as a collector, coupled with his improvidence as a purchaser, contributed to an indebtedness of $100 million in 1937-a predicament so grave that he had to sell more than half his art collection. This put the family friend in a position to control future distributions of income from the LLC, an important layer of protection against the improvidence of spendthrift heirs. His general improvidence and fecklessness kept his wife and family in perennially exigent financial circumstances, and his lawyers and accountants in a state bordering on despair. improvidently adverb ɪmˈprɒvɪdəntliɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)ntli Democrats, notoriously cold toward losing candidates they have improvidently nominated, resemble Dallas fans as described by quarterback Roger Staubach: " Cowboy fans love you, win or tie. Example sentencesExamples We do not seek to pull down improvidently all structures of society, but to erect balustrades upon the stairway of life, which will prevent helpless or foolish people from falling into the abyss. Rhymes provident Definition of improvident in US English: improvident adjectiveˌimˈprävəd(ə)ntˌɪmˈprɑvəd(ə)nt Not having or showing foresight; spendthrift or thoughtless. 无远见的；挥霍的；轻率的 improvident and undisciplined behavior 轻率任性的行为。 Example sentencesExamples Consequently, early versions of the installment plan were dismissed as the folly of the improvident poor, immigrants, and women. Now that our government has implicated us in this regrettable, improvident and illegal war - we are obliged to make a substantial commitment to reconstruction. Henry VI proved to be improvident, malleable, vacillating, partisan, uninterested in the arts of government, and, above all, antipathetic to the chivalric world his ancestors had adorned. This bill proposes to create a civil action for the improvident transfer of property by a vulnerable adult. No evidence was adduced to show that this was an improvident sale. This well illustrates that even the best regulated national fisheries are not immune to improvident policies motivated by short-term social and political concerns. It was held that notwithstanding the solicitor's lapses leading to the pretrial, they did not, alone or in combination, amount to egregious error, nor was the plaintiff's settlement improvident. The wives are greedy and the men, in the absence of any well-regulated women, are recklessly improvident. No evidence is found that would suggest in all the circumstances that the transaction was intently improvident or fraudulent. Many people of normal capacity make improvident and unwise decisions in business matters. It is a matter of irrelevance, at least to me, whether the grant was improvident or no. No. Unless the court expressly reserved authority to do so in its order, the court can only reduce the fee if it is improvident as a result of an event that was not capable of being anticipated at the time of the order. Lily is spoiled, pleasure-loving, and has one of those society mothers who are as improvident as a tornado. Hobbling creditors means that interest rates rise permanently, to the sober and honest as well as the improvident; but why should the former be taxed to subsidize the latter? Or put another way, it's stealing from tomorrow to make up for the improvident ways of today. Born in London in 1914 and educated at private schools, he never knew his father and grew up in lodgings with a mother who was as improvident as she was unpresentable. He had hoped it would bring him money and social position, but Emily's father ties up her fortune, and Lopez is revealed as an improvident adventurer. Theodore was born at Port Adelaide into the large and improvident family of a Romanian father and English - Irish mother. While damages may be the remedy in an action for improvident sale, following disposal those damages cannot be measured without a benchmark of value consistent with commercial reasonability. But this, too, is true: Every improvident loan requires an improvident borrower to seek and accept it. Synonyms spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful, prodigal, profligate, extravagant, squandering, uneconomical, free-spending, lavish, immoderate, excessive
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