Imprudence Definition

ĭm-pro͝odns
noun
The quality or condition of being unwise or indiscreet.
American Heritage
An unwise or indiscreet act.
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(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.

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Noun

Singular:
imprudence
Plural:
imprudences

Origin of Imprudence

  • im- +"Ž prudence. From Middle French imprudence, from Latin imprudentia

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Imprudence Sentence Examples

  • In colonial affairs the Assembly acted with the same imprudence.

  • If he is to be blamed in this particular matter, the blame must be chiefly confined to his imprudence in inviting Voltaire at the beginning and to the brutality of his conduct at the end.

  • In fact the apparently prosperous relative was the victim of unfortunate speculations, and chose rather to be reproached with avarice than with imprudence.

  • Apart from this advantage, placed in his hands by the imprudence of Stein, Napoleon was heavily handicapped at the Erfurt interview.

  • The energy and imprudence of Eutyches in asserting his opinions led to his being accused of heresy by Domnus of Antioch and Eusebius, bishop of Dorylaeum, at a synod presided over by Flavian at Constantinople in 448.

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