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Recent Examples of improvident Then, there’s the waste that results from improvident eating habits. Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 23 June 2025 Going that route is improvident. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Mar. 2022 Unsurprisingly, Peter proves to be nasty, brutish and improvident. Joanne Kaufman, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022 The Flynn plea on Dec. 1, 2017 was improvident and should not have been accepted by the court. WSJ, 13 May 2018 Designed by the brilliant (if improvident) Donald McKay, the ship was 235 feet long with a main mast nearly 100 feet tall. Randall Fuller, WSJ, 19 July 2018 The Flynn plea on Dec. 1, 2017 was improvident and should not have been accepted by the court. WSJ, 13 May 2018 Thus, the improvident plea as drafted and signed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller was defective on its face and should have been unacceptable by the court. WSJ, 13 May 2018 The history of emerging markets is full of imprudent investors as well as improvident borrowers. The Economist, 5 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvident
Adjective
  • The problem isn’t that general providers are careless, but that their systems and staff simply aren’t built for these edge cases.
    Ari Raptis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • When businesses are careless and people get hurt, those businesses should be held accountable.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • These raids are reckless and sow more chaos and division in our city.
    Anna Commander Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Two other Democrats, however, have denounced the strikes as a reckless escalation.
    Lila Hempel-Edgers, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • The frustration helped spawn the fruitless and wasteful 2021 attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom — which cost taxpayers more than $200 million — and fuels the perennial fantasy of a breakaway rural state called Jefferson.
    Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 3 July 2025
  • Some onlookers have criticized the initiative as costly and wasteful.
    Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Simply put, letting these credits lapse is fiscally shortsighted and economically reckless.
    Brewster Bevis, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2025
  • The example of Canada, the seventh-largest owner of U.S. debt, illustrates why this approach is shortsighted, however.
    Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • Rosie O'Donnell is using her gift of gab to share her thoughts on billionaire Jeff Bezos' extravagant wedding to Lauren Sánchez over the weekend.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 30 June 2025
  • The Amazon founder, 61, and the Emmy-winning journalist, 55, recently concluded an extravagant celebration of their love, surrounded by entertainment's biggest stars, including the Kardashian-Jenner family, Oprah Winfrey and Leonardo DiCaprio.
    Kayla Grant, People.com, 30 June 2025

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“Improvident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvident. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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