improvident

not thinking about and providing for the future <the improvident view that the wearing away of the ozone layer need not concern us> Synonyms myopic, shortsighted Related Words careless, heedless, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, mindless, unguarded, unsafe, unwary, unwise; extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, unthrifty; indulgent, lavish, reckless, wasteful Near Antonyms careful, judicious, prudent, sensible, wise; economic, economical, economizing, frugal, scrimping, sparing, thrifty; conserving, preserving, saving Antonyms farsighted, forehanded, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughtful, provident