imprudent
/ɪmˈpɹudənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.35 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not prudent; lacking prudence or discretion; indiscreet; injudicious; not paying attention to the consequences of one's actions.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "My uncle, falling back into his absorbing contemplations, had already forgotten my imprudent words. I merely say imprudent, for the great mind of so learned a man of course had no place for love affairs, and happily the grand business of the document gained me the victory."
Etymology
From Middle French imprudent, from Latin imprūdens (“not foreseeing, ignorant”), prefix im- (“not”) + prūdens (“foreseeing, skilled, judicious”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: imprudent, imprūdens
Inflected Forms
more imprudent (comparative)
most imprudent (superlative)