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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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But the turnovers that are born of carelessness?—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Straight-up errors, like the errant pass from James Tarkowski that led to Brentford’s opener, or Tim Iroegbunam’s carelessness before their third, have not been common flaws.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Once there, however, Rhoda discovers more than Max’s indiscretions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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But Clinton’s ties to the Epstein case are a reminder of how his political promise has always been tempered by personal indiscretions.—
Steven Sloan,
Fortune,
21 Dec. 2025
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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 20 Jan. 2026.
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