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im⋅pru⋅dent

[im-prood-nt]
–adjective
not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L imprūdent- (s. of imprūdēns) unforeseeing, rash. See im- 2 , prudent


im⋅pru⋅dence, im⋅pru⋅dent⋅ness, im⋅pru⋅den⋅cy, noun
im⋅pru⋅dent⋅ly, adverb


unwise, indiscreet, ill-advised.
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