[Hamilton were to have said:] nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.
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Imprudence
//ɪmˈpɹuːdn̩s//
Synonyms for "imprudence" (83 found)
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17 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неблагоразумие noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- непредпазливост noun (imprudent act)
Catalan
2 entries- imprudència noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- imprudència noun (imprudent act)
German
2 entries- Leichtsinn noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- Nachlässigkeit noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Greek
1 entries- απρονοησία noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Kazakh
3 entries- абайламаушылық noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- абайсыздық noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- аңғалдық noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Latin
1 entries- imprudentia noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Old English
1 entries- unwærsċipe noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Portuguese
2 entries- imprudência noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- imprudência noun (imprudent act)
Spanish
2 entries- imprudencia noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
- imprudencia noun (imprudent act)
Swedish
1 entries- oklokhet noun (quality or state of being imprudent)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Ah: my dear—Madam there is the great mistake—'tis this very conscious Innocence that is of the greatest Prejudice to you—what is it makes you negligent of Forms and careless of the world's opinion—why the consciousness of your Innocence—what makes you thoughtless in your Conduct and apt to run into a thousand little imprudences—
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At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby.
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Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences.
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