imprudence
/ɪmˈpɹuːdn̩s/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.90 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[Hamilton were to have said:] nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy."
- "Ah: my dear—Madam there is the great mistake—'tis this very conscious Innocence that is of the greatest Prejudice to you—what is it makes you negligent of Forms and careless of the world's opinion—why the consciousness of your Innocence—what makes you thoughtless in your Conduct and apt to run into a thousand little imprudences—"
- "At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby."
- "Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences."
- "This man finally fell a victim to his diplomacies, perhaps also to his imprudences."
- "He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children."
Etymology
From im- + prudence. From Middle French imprudence, from Latin imprudentia.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: imprudence, imprudentia