as in indiscretion
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Recent Examples of imprudence
But the Court recognized, properly, the imprudence of creating a general right of doctors to sue whenever any loosening of any government regulation could arguably cause injury or illness that requires medical attention.
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The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2024
More to the point, Joffe carries on about the fiscal imprudence of the Red Line while expending no ink on the economic support such transit would offer to the city of Baltimore.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
Financial imprudence is annoying in friends who ask others to cover their costs.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The 2008 banking bailout protected many of the executives whose manifest imprudence created the housing crash that precipitated the financial crisis.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
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The Editors, National Review, 14 June 2024
More to the point, Joffe carries on about the fiscal imprudence of the Red Line while expending no ink on the economic support such transit would offer to the city of Baltimore.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2024
Financial imprudence is annoying in friends who ask others to cover their costs.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
The 2008 banking bailout protected many of the executives whose manifest imprudence created the housing crash that precipitated the financial crisis.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprudence
indiscretion
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And any Catholic who has made a confession to a priest knows that what is said in confession stays in confession, unlike a problematic yet pivotal indiscretion that happens in the movie.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
24 Apr. 2025
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Swiatek is also someone who comes across as eager to please, and her discomfort at the indiscretion, and the resulting perceptions of her, has been obvious.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Imprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudence. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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