Meaning & use
Improvidence
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Lack of foresight or careful planning, especially regarding money or resources; carelessness about the future.
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Years of improvidence left the family with little savings for retirement.
The company's improvidence in spending led to its eventual bankruptcy.
A note on using this word
The opposite of "providence" in its old sense of foresight and careful preparation, not the theological meaning.
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recklessnesscarelessnesswastefulness
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