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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Not providing for the future; thriftless.
  2. adj. Rash; incautious.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not provident; wanting foresight; neglecting to provide for future needs or exigencies; unthrifty.
  2. Synonyms Imprudent, shiftless, careless, prodigal. See wisdom.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. failing to provide for the future; reckless
  2. adj. incautious; prone to rashness

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. not given careful consideration
  2. adj. not provident; not providing for the future

Etymologies

  1. From the Latin improvidens; in- + provident (Wiktionary)

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