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Recent Examples of imprudent Anything more than that may be financially imprudent. Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Adding a fourth option at the position may well be deemed imprudent given the club’s finances. Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 The particular state law just keeps doing its thing and rarely gets challenged as somehow wrongful or imprudent. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Additionally, the reality star and entrepreneur is facing charges of negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for imprudent 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprudent
Adjective
  • The restaurant was in violation of 17 standards, including an employee preparing food with jewelry and improper food storage.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Silver was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle without minimum insurance, improper use of registration plates, traveling unreasonably fast and improper rear lamps.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Allegations against him included inappropriate physical contact with a student, an unwillingness to adhere to special education laws and subjective grading practices.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2025
  • This communication is false, inappropriate, and ineffective.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2024
  • What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei.
    George Calhoun, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
Adjective
  • That sometimes is thought of as an unwise Oscar strategy since playing that far in advance can lead to other films getting more attention at the fall festivals, but with many Cannes titles getting their North American premieres at Telluride or Toronto, that is becoming a moot point.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The officer corps must obey the president’s lawful commands, even if officers judge them unwise.
    Ronald R. Krebs, Foreign Affairs, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The deal does not however, require her to testify against Samantha, who is still facing 17 felonies, including criminal vehicular homicide, criminal vehicular operation, driving under the influence, failure to provide proof of insurance, careless driving and speeding.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The careless boating misdemeanors carry a penalty of 60 days in jail and a $500 fine.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The need for such warnings peaks around the times of solar eclipses, of course, when people have a tendency for inadvisable sun observations.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Doing it with a wideout whose next NFL catch will be his first is doubly inadvisable.
    Brandon Funston, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Republicans have blasted Democrats over the years for talking down to people, with several arguing the average voter does not like to feel stupid.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
  • That’s the one thing that gets me is when my players are hurt on stupid plays like that.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, has made some indiscreet utterances, though there is no compelling evidence of alcoholism as critics have alleged.
    George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Classical After a buzzing opening night complete with an indiscreet bait and switch—Josh Groban headlined after an ever-busy Cynthia Erivo had to withdraw—next up for the New York Philharmonic is a celebration of Afromodernism.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024

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“Imprudent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudent. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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