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imprudence

[ im-prood-ns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

lack of wisdom or care in the management of practical or economic affairs:
Your decisions demonstrate fiscal imprudence and shortsighted thinking.
lack of discretion or caution:
The whistleblower learned of the scheme through the hiring executive's imprudence.
disregard for one’s own interests:
His own imprudence and unreasonable conduct are what caused the second injury.

First recorded in 1540–50; from Middle French, from Latin imprūdentia; in- ³( def ), prudence

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