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
The State of Missouri, backed by the imprudent negligence of the federal government, took a life that wasn’t theirs and with no moral authority.
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Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
What this meant back in 2008 is that debit cards that formerly rewarded individual prudence were rendered imprudent by government decree.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Waiting for the optimal time to invest: While keeping 3 to 6 months’ worth of cash on the sidelines is important in case of an emergency, keeping several years’ worth of money sitting in cash, money market funds, or short-term bonds is imprudent for most investors.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
For years, the Silent Hill franchise has withered while developer Konami made imprudent efforts to dump the legendary horror IP into bad movie schlock and slot machines.
—Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
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Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2024
What this meant back in 2008 is that debit cards that formerly rewarded individual prudence were rendered imprudent by government decree.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
Waiting for the optimal time to invest: While keeping 3 to 6 months’ worth of cash on the sidelines is important in case of an emergency, keeping several years’ worth of money sitting in cash, money market funds, or short-term bonds is imprudent for most investors.
—Jonathan I. Shenkman, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
For years, the Silent Hill franchise has withered while developer Konami made imprudent efforts to dump the legendary horror IP into bad movie schlock and slot machines.
—Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprudent
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Notably, the inspector general's review said there was no evidence that the investigations were influenced by politics or other improper considerations.Robert Legare, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The final ingredient of the DOGE cocktail is the potential improper conduct of the entity itself.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The defense also highlighted that specific allegations about inappropriate touching weren’t made until late November 2019 during the investigation.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was later caught sending inappropriate photos to a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina and eventually sentenced to around a year and a half behind bars for the incident.Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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Arizona’s desert may seem like an unwise location for a water-intensive industry.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Using your time here wisely is never an unwise thing to do.Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2024
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Their rounded faces, their piercings and makeup, their lateness and absences and profuse, careless apologies—their vulnerability was almost intolerable.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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Michigan fire statistics The leading cause of fire deaths in 2024 through early December are careless smoking (46%), followed by heating (16%) and explosion (16%), a report by Michigan Fire Inspectors Society said.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
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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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As a bonus, the waxed rope bracelet looks great on men and women and is suitably lowkey for travelers who frequent destinations where flashy jewelry is inadvisable.Jessica Macdonald, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
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For the people stupid enough to have trusted a midwit career bureaucrat as unscrupulous as President Joe Biden, there’s a sixth stage just before acceptance: delusion.Becket Adams, National Review, 8 Dec. 2024
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Wild Card with Rachel Martin Issa Rae on the belief that gets her through 'stupid mistakes and bad decisions' Lithgow: More.Rachel Martin, NPR, 8 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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That might hurt more than any indiscreet attacks on Walden and Stephanopoulos.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Imprudent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudent. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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