'Improvident' definitions:
Definition of 'improvident'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not provident; not providing for the future [ant: provident]
adjective
Not given careful consideration; "ill-considered actions often result in disaster"; "an ill-judged attempt" [syn: ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted]
Definition of 'Improvident'
From: GCIDE
- Improvident \Im*prov"i*dent\, a. [Pref. im- not + provident: cf. L. improvidus. See Provident, and cf. Imprudent.] Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. [1913 Webster]
- Improvident soldiers! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen. --Shak.
- Syn: Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless; prodigal; wasteful. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'improvident'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- brash,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- careless,
- extravagant,
- feckless,
- grasshopper,
- happy-go-lucky,
- headlong,
- heedless,
- hubristic,
- impetuous,
- imprudent,
- impudent,
- impulsive,
- incautious,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- insolent,
- lavish,
- negligent,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- prodigal,
- profligate,
- profuse,
- rash,
- reckless,
- shiftless,
- short-sighted,
- spendthrift,
- temerarious,
- thoughtless,
- thriftless,
- unchary,
- uneconomical,
- unmindful,
- unproviding,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unthrifty,
- unwary,
- wasteful