Improvident

//ɪmˈpɹɒvɪdənt//

Synonyms for "improvident" (60 found)

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Closest matches (12)

thriftless brash brassy brazen brazenfaced careless extravagant feckless grasshopper happy-go-lucky hare-brained headlong

Strong matches (18)

heedless hubristic ill considered impetuous imprudent impudent impulsive incautious indiscreet injudicious insolent lavish myopic negligent

Adjective(2 words)

ill-considered ill-judged

Adjective(2 words)

imprudent myopic

Related words (30)

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unproviding unthinking unthoughtful unthrifty unwary wasteful

Adjective(3 words)

short thriftless wasteful

Adjective(1 words)

shortsighted

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Antonyms

2 entries

provident

Synonyms

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ill considered myopic

derived

2 entries

improvidence improvidently

derived from

1 entries

provident

related to

8 entries

future imprudent incautious prone provide rashness reckless wasteful

similar

11 entries

imprudent myopic short shortsighted thriftless unforesightful unforethoughtful wasteful

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

непредвидлив adj (failing to provide for the future)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

揮霍嘅 /挥霍嘅 adj (failing to provide for the future)

Irish

1 entries

neamhchríonna adj (failing to provide for the future)

Slovak

1 entries

neprezieravý adj (failing to provide for the future)

Sample sentences

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When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful.

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