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improvidently

/im-prov-i-duhnt/US // ɪmˈprɒv ɪ dənt //UK // (ɪmˈprɒvɪdənt) //

无意中,无意间,不慎,不当心

Related Words

extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的heedless漫不经心,漫不经心的,漫不经心地,漠不关心imprudent轻率,不谨慎,轻率的,不慎inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的negligent疏忽大意,疏忽大意的,疏忽,疏忽的prodigal挥霍无度,浪荡子,挥霍浪费,浪子回头profligate挥霍无度,淫靡,淫荡,淫乱profuse大量的,丰富的,丰富多样的,繁茂的reckless鲁莽的,不顾一切,不顾一切的,不顾一切地shiftless轮班,轮班制,颠沛流离,挪动shortsighted短视,短视的,近视眼,近视thoughtless没心没肺,不加思索,不思进取,没心没肺的wasteful侈靡,浪费,浪费的,侈靡的unthrifty不节俭的人,不节俭,勤俭节约,不俭朴thriftless无节制,节俭的,节俭,俭朴uneconomical不符合经济效益,不经济,不经济的,不合算

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
    • : neglecting to provide for future needs.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.impulsively
Synonyms
carelessly不经意地,不经意间,不小心,不经意的foolishly愚蠢地,傻乎乎地,愚蠢地认为,傻乎乎heedlessly漫不经心地,漫不经心,不经意地,漫不经心的imprudently轻率地,轻率地说是,轻率,盲目地rashly轻率地,贸然地,贸然,草率地thoughtlessly不经意地,不加思索地,不经意间,漫不经心地unwisely不明智,不明智的,不明智地,不明智

Examples

  • Government nurtured these behemoths by weaving an improvident safety net, and by practicing crony capitalism.

  • The old elite worried that the masses were too improvident and seditious.

  • Then as the sober days of manhood came, and Landy witnessed the finish of the improvident and foolish, he began to save and skimp.

  • How ridiculously improvident it was of the curate and Emily Gibson to fall in love with one another, wisdom could testify.

  • He is dutiful to his father, the improvident, though ambitious Charles Mari de Buonaparte.

  • In those days the people were poor and improvident, and a single failure in their crops left them in a sorry condition.

  • She found, to her dismay, that this was owing to their having eaten all the seed potatoes,—that last lapse of the improvident.

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