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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
Noun
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Recently, fans and the media have been focusing more on him due to his recurring mistakes, apparently caused by carelessness with and without the ball, as well as his spotty health record.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sequence is incredibly disturbing, underlining the carelessness with which Prodigy has been treating these overgrown children.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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Both their indiscretions seem to be a thing of the past, if King Charles’s actions are to be believed.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
31 Aug. 2025
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Many of Combs' former colleagues have spoken out about his personal and professional indiscretions since his arrest.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
28 July 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 9 Sep. 2025.
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