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unprudent

  • a word derived from prudent.
    prudent
    adjective
    wise or judicious in practical affairs; discreet or circumspect; sagacious; sober.

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"Young man," said the jailor, with a solemn look, "the young lady is very unprudent to go circumventing round with that necklace twisted up on the top ov her skull—she is."

From Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Among other of his gracious discoveries, he declaimed much against unprudent speaking, wishing it might be amended, especially in young scholars and young ministers, as being but the froth and vanity of the foolish mind.

From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by John Howie