Imprudence

Origin

- + prudence. From Middle French imprudence, from Latin imprudentia

Full definition of imprudence

Noun

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; want of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness.
2. (countable) An imprudent act.
• 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Chapter , At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby.
• 1891, Francois Coppee, Ten Tales Chapter , Yes, for six months he threw all his medicines in the fire, and designedly committed all sorts of imprudences.
• 1903, S.C. Hill, Three Frenchmen in Bengal Chapter , This man finally fell a victim to his diplomacies, perhaps also to his imprudences.
• 1906 – 1921, w, w:The Forsyte Saga Chapter Encounter, He Forsyte had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.