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as in carelessness
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as in liberality
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for improvidence
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.
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That's not chance or carelessness.
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Mackenzie had earned a reputation for piety, patriotism, lack of humor and liberality with the lash.
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All the states Lauck writes about benefited from the liberality of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
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An everyman figure squeezing every bit of talent from his frame, a boy who returned to working as a fisherman after the first squandering of his football dream, from a family that could not always afford to buy him studded boots.
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Watching students use that platform to walk out on the CEO of one of the world’s most consequential companies clearly struck him as a squandering of rare privilege.
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The best prevention for myopia is not an app or a screen filter.
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Quelling ‘Hormuz myopia’ To be sure, there are also key differences between today and the 1970s that may prevent a repeat of that era’s crisis.
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When storage itself is put on display, of course, the museum is still speaking, declaring both the wealth of its holdings and its generosity in sharing them.
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Badly wounded in a battle of revenge, Robin Hood is brought to a priory and tended by Sister Brigid (Jodie Comer), whose generosity awakens his finer feelings and spurs him to virtuous, self-sacrificing action.
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The court rejected the argument, concluding that a prospective rate hearing — unlike that on the response time — would be considered contested and the utility would have the opportunity to challenge the finding of imprudence then.
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Spendthrift trusts are recognized in Illinois and operate to protect a trust from a beneficiary's financial imprudence while also allowing for maintenance payments to that beneficiary.
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Now the carriages are no longer a necessity but an indulgence aimed at tourists.
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Chocolate is one of Americans' favorite indulgences, with consumers spending billions of dollars on it every year.
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“Improvidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/improvidence. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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