as in improper
showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations
a very sweet girl, but so imprudent that no one trusts her with a secret
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Recent Examples of imprudent
Anything more than that may be financially imprudent.
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Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Adding a fourth option at the position may well be deemed imprudent given the club’s finances.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
The particular state law just keeps doing its thing and rarely gets challenged as somehow wrongful or imprudent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Additionally, the reality star and entrepreneur is facing charges of negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
Adding a fourth option at the position may well be deemed imprudent given the club’s finances.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
The particular state law just keeps doing its thing and rarely gets challenged as somehow wrongful or imprudent.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Additionally, the reality star and entrepreneur is facing charges of negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprudent
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Lawyers for Harry, 40, the younger son of King Charles III, will set out to show that the News Group executives concealed and sought to destroy evidence of hacking and other improper practices.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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According to the Electrical Safety Foundation International, over 65,000 home fires are the result of improper heating equipment usage in the United States.—
Graeme Taskerud,
The Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2025
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Lively sued Baldoni, the film’s director and co-star, earlier this month for harassment and retaliation, accusing him of a series of inappropriate and offensive interactions during production.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Bad reviews, inappropriate comments and shabby online engagements have the opposite effect and can potentially leave a permanent mark against the company name.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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So maybe use the feelings aroused by your sister-in-law’s thoughtless, certainly injudicious, possibly naughty remark as an opportunity to rise above.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2024
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What The Meng Episode Means (1): Is Huawei A Tool of The CCP? Meng’s release, and injudicious remarks, do not bode well for Huawei.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes,
27 Sep. 2021
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That sometimes is thought of as an unwise Oscar strategy since playing that far in advance can lead to other films getting more attention at the fall festivals, but with many Cannes titles getting their North American premieres at Telluride or Toronto, that is becoming a moot point.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2025
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The officer corps must obey the president’s lawful commands, even if officers judge them unwise.—
Ronald R. Krebs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Brandon Howey was found guilty of four counts of careless driving resulting in death and four counts of careless driving resulting in injury, all traffic offenses, by an Adams County jury in November.—
Katie Langford,
The Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2025
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Of those fires, careless cooking was the most common factor.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The need for such warnings peaks around the times of solar eclipses, of course, when people have a tendency for inadvisable sun observations.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
16 Jan. 2025
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Doing it with a wideout whose next NFL catch will be his first is doubly inadvisable.—
Brandon Funston,
The Athletic,
16 Aug. 2024
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There are no more stupid questions and an open, supportive, and curious culture evolves.—
Darpan Munjal,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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So if someone is crazy slash stupid enough to do that.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, has made some indiscreet utterances, though there is no compelling evidence of alcoholism as critics have alleged.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Dec. 2024
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Classical After a buzzing opening night complete with an indiscreet bait and switch—Josh Groban headlined after an ever-busy Cynthia Erivo had to withdraw—next up for the New York Philharmonic is a celebration of Afromodernism.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
11 Oct. 2024
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“Imprudent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudent. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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