Synonyms for improvidently


Grammar : Adv
Spell : im-prov-i-duhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprɒv ɪ dənt


Définition of improvidently

Origin :
  • 1510s, from im- "not" + provident. It retains a stronger connection with the "provide" aspect of Latin providere. Related: Improvidently.
  • adv impulsively
Example sentences :
  • My friends regard me as one, who has improvidently thrown away his chance of advancement.
  • Extract from : « A Love Story » by A Bushman
  • Improvidently the plates of the boat had been gummed together only, instead of being also sewed.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Carson » by John S. C. Abbott
  • Men contract debts loosely and improvidently, and wipe out easily by bankrupt laws.
  • Extract from : « The Galaxy, April, 1877 » by Various
  • He seems, improvidently, to have trusted to the natives for provision and to have quarrelled with them unnecessarily.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 9 » by Various
  • This power vested in the Secretary of the Interior might itself be improvidently exercised and subject to abuse.
  • Extract from : « A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents » by Grover Cleveland
  • I adhered to the promise I had improvidently given to Welbeck, but had excited displeasure, and perhaps suspicion, in the lady.
  • Extract from : « Arthur Mervyn » by Charles Brockden Brown
  • We had a gun, but improvidently had left our ammunition at another place of deposit, about a hundred rods distant.
  • Extract from : « Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. » by John S. Springer
  • He found a hollow among the boulders, and improvidently ate half his store of sandwiches.
  • Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan
  • Jonathan had improvidently lighted his pipe before he noticed that the fire needed his attention.
  • Extract from : « The Jonathan Papers » by Elisabeth Woodbridge Morris

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