improvidence
- a word derived from improvident.
Example Sentences
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Improvidence is too tame a word for it—it is recklessness; here young and old, married and unmarried, are uniformly and almost avowedly self-indulgent spendthrifts.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
Improvidence and a hopeless leaning toward extravagance were certainly unforgivable blemishes in the character of a young man in the position she believed Lawford held.
From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.
Improvidence seems to be one of the most incorrigible of faults.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
Improvidence is the rule: there is little effort to meet remote contingencies.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
Improvidence is cruelty to women and children; though the cruelty is born of ignorance.
From Thrift by Smiles, Samuel
