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as in carelessness
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as in indiscretion
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Recent Examples of imprudence
Financial imprudence is annoying in friends who ask others to cover their costs.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 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
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 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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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Apr. 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
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 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
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Coach Sean Miller will focus on his team's carelessness with the ball at half; Texas has nine turnovers compared to two for Auburn.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Jan. 2026
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The other was carelessness that led to Gonzalez’s clean look.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Jack, a detective with the sheriff's department, is just trying to keep his indiscretions from being broadcast on the 6 o'clock news.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
14 Jan. 2026
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Shuler, whose play with Riverside helped him gain a scholarship to the University of New Orleans, broke down several times when describing Lorch’s use of a paddle to punish him for indiscretions ranging from not working hard in practice to struggling in a high school French class.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Imprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudence. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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