'Imprudent' definitions:
Definition of 'imprudent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger [ant: prudent]
adjective
Lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"
Definition of 'Imprudent'
From: GCIDE
- Imprudent \Im*pru"dent\, a. [L. imprudens; pref. im- not + prudens prudent: cf. F. imprudent. See Prudent, and cf. Improvident.] Not prudent; wanting in prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not attentive to consequence; improper. -- {Im*pru"dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- Her majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the ministers and readers. --Strype. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Indiscreet; injudicious; incautious; ill-advised; unwise; heedless; careless; rash; negligent. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imprudent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blanket,
- brash,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- careless,
- casual,
- crazy,
- foolhardy,
- foolish,
- general,
- hasty,
- heedless,
- hubristic,
- ill-advised,
- ill-considered,
- ill-contrived,
- ill-devised,
- ill-gauged,
- ill-judged,
- impetuous,
- impolitic,
- improvident,
- impudent,
- impulsive,
- inadvisable,
- inane,
- incautious,
- inconsiderate,
- indiscreet,
- indiscriminate,
- indiscriminative,
- inexpedient,
- injudicious,
- insane,
- insensate,
- insensitive,
- insolent,
- irrational,
- irresponsible,
- mad,
- mindless,
- misadvised,
- misguided,
- myopic,
- nonjudgmental,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- perverse,
- promiscuous,
- rash,
- reasonless,
- reckless,
- senseless,
- shortsighted,
- silly,
- tactless,
- temerarious,
- thoughtless,
- unadvised,
- unchary,
- unconsidered,
- uncritical,
- uncriticizing,
- undemanding,
- undifferentiating,
- undiscerning,
- undiscreet,
- undiscriminating,
- undiscriminative,
- unexacting,
- unfastidious,
- unforeseeing,
- unmeticulous,
- unparticular,
- unreasonable,
- unreflecting,
- unreflective,
- unseeing,
- unselective,
- unsensible,
- unsound,
- unsubtle,
- untactful,
- unthinking,
- unthoughtful,
- unwary,
- unwise,
- wholesale,
- witless,
- wrong