improvident
pronunciation
How to pronounce improvident in British English:
UK [ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt]
How to pronounce improvident in American English:
US [ɪmˈprɑːvɪdənt]
-
- Adjective:
- not provident; not providing for the future
- not given careful consideration
Word Origin
- improvident (adj.)
- 1510s, from im- "not" + provident. It retains a stronger connection with the "provide" aspect of Latin providere. Related: Improvidently.
Example
- 1. They have lived improvident lives .
- 2. A childhood that had caused him to turn out feckless and improvident .
- 3. Putting public and private borrowing together , it becomes clear that america as a whole is no more improvident now than it was before .
- 4. If you are improvident you 'll be sorry when you get old .
- 5. He thought it improvident of me to spend so much on a jacket so early on in the college term .