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as in carelessness
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as in indiscretion
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Recent Examples of imprudence
Spendthrift trusts are recognized in Illinois and operate to protect a trust from a beneficiary's financial imprudence while also allowing for maintenance payments to that beneficiary.
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2026
But the Court recognized, properly, the imprudence of creating a general right of doctors to sue whenever any loosening of any government regulation could arguably cause injury or illness that requires medical attention.
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The Editors,
National Review,
14 June 2024
More to the point, Joffe carries on about the fiscal imprudence of the Red Line while expending no ink on the economic support such transit would offer to the city of Baltimore.
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2024
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2024
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Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2026
But the Court recognized, properly, the imprudence of creating a general right of doctors to sue whenever any loosening of any government regulation could arguably cause injury or illness that requires medical attention.
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The Editors,
National Review,
14 June 2024
More to the point, Joffe carries on about the fiscal imprudence of the Red Line while expending no ink on the economic support such transit would offer to the city of Baltimore.
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Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Mar. 2024
Her imprudence should not go unchallenged because the oath is sacrosanct.
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Boston Herald Editorial Staff,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprudence
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.
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That's not chance or carelessness.
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Eventually, Batula moved past Cooke’s indiscretions and married him in 2021.
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History is littered with the careers of politicians who committed crimes or engaged in moral indiscretions and then tried to lie their way out of public shame.
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The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
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“Imprudence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprudence. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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