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imprudent

adj
/ɪmˈpɹudənt/

Etymology

From Middle French imprudent, from Latin imprūdens (“not foreseeing, ignorant”), prefix im- (“not”) + prūdens (“foreseeing, skilled, judicious”).

  1. derived from imprūdens — “not foreseeing, ignorant”
  2. borrowed from imprudent

Definitions

  1. Not prudent

    Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.

    • Here Her Majesty took a great dislike at the imprudent behavior of many of the Ministers and Readers.
    • ‘It was a most 'imprudent thing to go up Helvellyn in such weather,’ said Fräulein Müller, shaking her head gloomily as she ate her fish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imprudent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imprudent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at imprudent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA