improvidence

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ providence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

improvidence (plural improvidences)

1. The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

Translations

state of being improvident

Bulgarian: непредвидливост (bg) f (nepredvidlivost) Catalan: imprevisió f Dutch: zorgeloosheid (nl), overhaasting (nl) Welsh: annarbodaeth f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “improvidence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “improvidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.