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imprudent

imp·ru·dent

UK/ɪmˈpɹudənt/ US/ˌɪˈmprudʌnt/ rare

adjective

1.

not prudent or wise

  • “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
2.

lacking wise self-restraint

  • “an imprudent remark”
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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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