"improvident" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɒvɪdənt/ Forms: more improvident [comparative], most improvident [superlative]
Etymology: From the Latin improvidens, equivalent to in- + provident. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|improvidens}} Latin improvidens, {{prefix|en|in|provident}} in- + provident Head templates: {{en-adj}} improvident (comparative more improvident, superlative most improvident)
  1. failing to provide for the future; reckless Categories (topical): Personality Translations (failing to provide for the future): непредвидлив (nepredvidliv) (Bulgarian), 揮霍嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 挥霍嘅 (fai¹ fok³) (Chinese Cantonese), neamhchríonna (Irish), neprezieravý (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-improvident-en-adj--bwkOdmD Disambiguation of Personality: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'failing to provide for the future': 99 1
  2. incautious; prone to rashness Synonyms (not provident): myopic, short, wasteful, imprudent, thriftless
    Sense id: en-improvident-en-adj-kgUIJhbV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'not provident': 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: improvidence, improvidently

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