imprudent
imp·ru·dent
adjective
1.
- “very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas”
- “would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy” A.M.Schlesinger
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Origin
From Middle French imprudent, from Latin imprūdens (“not foreseeing, ignorant”), prefix im- (“not”) + prūdens (“foreseeing, skilled, judicious”).
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