Improvident

/ɪmˈpɹɒvɪdənt/

Synonyms for "improvident" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

Adjective(3 words)

brash brassy brazen brazenfaced careless extravagant feckless grasshopperhappy-go-lucky

Strong matches (18)

hare-brained headlong heedless hubristic impetuous imprudent impudent impulsive incautious indiscreet injudicious insolent lavish negligent

Adjective(4 words)

heedless ill-considered ill-judged imprudent

Related words (29)

overbold overcareless overconfident oversure overweening prodigal profligate profuse rash reckless shiftless short-sighted spendthrift temerarious thoughtless thriftless unchary uneconomical unmindful unproviding

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unthinking unthoughtful unthrifty unwary wasteful

Adjective(3 words)

prodigal slapdash wasteful

Noun(1 words)

squandering

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

behavioral traiteconomic behaviorfinancial practicemoral quality

More specific

4 entries

extravagant spendingprodigal spendthriftunnecessary expenditure

Collocations

6 entries

improvident allocationimprovident budgetingimprovident financial planningimprovident governanceimprovident policyimprovident spending

Inflections

2 entries

more improvidentmost improvident

Derivations

2 entries

improvidently improvidentness

Antonyms

1 entries

provident

similar

8 entries

imprudent myopic short shortsighted thriftless unforesightful unforethoughtful wasteful

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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