imprudence

[ im-prood-ns ]

noun

lack of wisdom or care in the management of practical or economic affairs:Your decisions demonstrate fiscal imprudence and shortsighted thinking.
lack of discretion or caution:The whistleblower learned of the scheme through the hiring executive's imprudence.

disregard for one’s own interests:His own imprudence and unreasonable conduct are what caused the second injury.

Origin of imprudence

First recorded in 1540–50; from Middle French, from Latin imprūdentia; see origin at in-³, prudence

Even Mr. Rove is not so intellectually dishonest, so brazenly hypocritical as to accuse anyone else of fiscal imprudence.
Karl Rove's Colossal Hypocrisy | Paul Begala | July 2, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
A certain fired-up imprudence was present from the beginning—sailing across the Atlantic in the early 17th century?
America Hits the Reset Button | Kurt Andersen | July 28, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST
He attributes much to the imprudence, or imbecility of the enemy, whose plan of saving an army he likens to Sterne's marble sheet.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria Graham
Had the imprudence to preach against the Huguenots, and with so much success that the king wanted to put him in prison.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Still more yellow than usual, Hemerlingue internally accused himself of clumsiness and imprudence.
The Nabob | Alphonse Daudet

Often remonstrated with for his imprudence in exposing himself to the heavy night-dew he would listen to no advice.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick Marryat
Yes, go and carry comfort to thy friends, And wisely tell them thy imprudence ends.
The Book of Humorous Verse | Various

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