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improvidently

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im·prov·i·dent  (m-prv-dnt)
adj.
1. Not providing for the future; thriftless.
2. Rash; incautious.
im·provi·dence n.
im·provi·dent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.improvidently - in an improvident manner; "he lived improvidently for the moment"
providently - in a provident manner; "providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies"
Translations
improvidently [ɪmˈprɒvɪdəntlɪ] ADV → impróvidamente


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Not to confer in each case a degree of power commensurate to the end, would be to violate the most obvious rules of prudence and propriety, and improvidently to trust the great interests of the nation to hands which are disabled from managing them with vigor and success.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
He was gone immediately; and Emma soon saw him standing before Miss Fairfax, and talking to her; but as to its effect on the young lady, as he had improvidently placed himself exactly between them, exactly in front of Miss Fairfax, she could absolutely distinguish nothing.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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