imprudent

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imprudent

adjective adventurous, brash, careless, foolhardy, foolish, hasty, hazardous, heedless, hot-headed, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, impolitic, impulsive, inadvisable, incautious, inconsiderate, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, lacking caution, lacking judgment, lacking prudence, neglectful, overhasty, precipitate, rash, reckless, temerarious, temerarius, thoughtless, unadvised, uncalculated, uncircumspect, undesirable, unguarded, unwise, venturesome, venturous, wanting discretion, wanton
Associated concepts: negligence

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When, however, the Columbiad was entirely finished, this state of closed doors could no longer be maintained; besides it would have been bad taste, and even imprudence, to affront the public feeling.

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Before we attend him to this intended interview with the lady, we think proper to account for both the preceding notes, as the reader may possibly be not a little surprized at the imprudence of Lady Bellaston, in bringing her lover to the very house where her rival was lodged.

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If you have been culpable, it was imprudence, and this imprudence was in obedience to the orders of your captain.