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# imprudence

«imprudence» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not being careful or sensible; doing things without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (imprudence, imprudences)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not being careful or sensible; doing things without thinking about the risks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#m1)

2) An unwise act. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word for careless foolishness, often with money or danger. In The Wind in the Willows Toad's imprudence with motor-cars brings him into trouble, prison and loss of his home. In safety and money lessons, prudence (care) is the opposite.

### examples

- Spending all his pocket money on day one was an act of imprudence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x1)
- Toad's imprudence led him straight to prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x2)
- Swimming alone in the sea was pure imprudence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x3)
- The judge spoke of the young man's imprudence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x4)
- The family's imprudence with money left them in debt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x5)
- We learned from our imprudence and packed raincoats next time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x6)
- Sometimes it is a victim's own imprudence, and not a parent's "hasty word," which has placed him in the power of the Evil One. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/#x7)

### note

Mostly uncountable. Adjective: imprudent; opposite: prudence, prudent (careful, sensible). Formal; everyday words: carelessness, foolishness, recklessness.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imprudence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imprudence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.