Imprudency

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fact or quality of being imprudent; rashness. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    An imprudent act. countable, obsolete

    "[T]he rival and the admirer would certainly avoid amending imprudencies, by which they were both equally likely to profit."

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"[T]he rival and the admirer would certainly avoid amending imprudencies, by which they were both equally likely to profit."

Etymology

From Latin imprūdēntia.

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