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extravagant
Costing or spending too much; wasteful
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  1. Costing or spending too much; wasteful
  2. Extremely abundant; profuse:
  3. Exceeding reasonable bounds:
imprudent
Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
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  1. Unwise or indiscreet; not prudent.
  2. Not prudent; without thought of the consequences; lacking in judgment or caution; rash; indiscreet
thriftless
(Archaic) Lacking usefulness or value.
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  1. (Archaic) Lacking usefulness or value.
  2. Wastefully reckless in the use of money or other resources
  3. Without thrift; wasteful
brash
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
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  1. (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
  2. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
  3. Hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous
foolhardy
Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
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  1. Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
  2. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
  3. Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash.
harum-scarum
Wild, careless, irresponsible
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  1. Wild, careless, irresponsible
  2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; reckless.
  3. Acting or done in a reckless or rash way; irresponsible
hasty
Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried:
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  1. Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried:
  2. Showing irritation or impatience
  3. Done or made too quickly and with too little thought; rash; impetuous
headlong
Done with the head leading; headfirst:
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  1. Done with the head leading; headfirst:
  2. (Figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
  3. Impetuous; rash.
hotheaded
Quick-tempered; easily made angry
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  1. Quick-tempered; easily made angry
  2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
  3. Hasty; rash
ill-considered
Unwise; foolish:
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  1. Unwise; foolish:
  2. Not properly considered; not suitable or wise
impetuous
(Now Rare) Moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious
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  1. (Now Rare) Moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious
  2. Having or marked by violent force:
  3. Acting or done suddenly with little thought; rash; impulsive
impulsive
(Physics) Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
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  1. (Physics) Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
  2. Produced by or resulting from a sudden impulse
  3. (Mech.) Acting briefly and as a result of impulse
incautious
Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution
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  1. Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution
  2. Not cautious; not careful or prudent; reckless; rash
  3. Not cautious; rash.
madcap
Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.
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  1. Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.
  2. Reckless, uninhibited, or zany
precipitant
Rushing or falling headlong.
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  1. Rushing or falling headlong.
  2. Acting with or marked by impulsiveness in thought or action; rash.
  3. Precipitate
precipitate
Acting, happening, or done very hastily or rashly; impetuous; headstrong
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  1. Acting, happening, or done very hastily or rashly; impetuous; headstrong
  2. Falling steeply, rushing headlong, flowing swiftly, etc.
  3. Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation.
rash
Too hasty or incautious in acting or speaking; reckless
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  1. Too hasty or incautious in acting or speaking; reckless
  2. Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.
  3. (Obs.) Bringing quick results
reckless
Careless; heedless
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  1. Careless; heedless
  2. Acting or done with a lack of care or caution; careless or irresponsible.
  3. Not regarding consequences; headlong and irresponsible; rash
slapdash
Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
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  1. Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  2. Hasty and careless, as in execution:
  3. Hasty, careless, impetuous, etc.
temerarious
Presumptuously or recklessly bold; rash or reckless:
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  1. Presumptuously or recklessly bold; rash or reckless:
  2. Reckless; rash
unconsidered
Done without consideration; not based upon careful reflection
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  1. Done without consideration; not based upon careful reflection
  2. Not considered; not taken into account
  3. Not reasoned or considered; rash:
Find another word for improvident. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for improvident, like: spendthrift, extravagant, imprudent, rash, wasteful, thriftless, unthrifty, brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum and hasty.

Sentence Examples

  • The Malays are indolent, pleasure-loving, improvident beyond belief, fond of bright clothing, of comfort, of ease, and they dislike toil exceedingly.

  • Much splendid timber has been needlessly destroyed, chiefly by forest-fires, but also by improvident farmers in their haste to clear the land.

  • At other times her affectionate gaiety would give evidence as trustworthy of a fearless and improvident satisfaction.

  • Though he received a large income, he was so improvident that he was frequently in want, and on the 22nd of February 1822 the legislature of Maryland passed a remarkable resolution - the only one of the kind in American history - requiring every lawyer in the state to pay an annual licence fee of five dollars, to be handed over to trustees appointed "for the appropriation of the proceeds raised by virtue of this resolution to the use of Luther Martin."

  • The simple system of rural economy is entirely based upon the dealings of this man, whom it is the fashion sometimes to decry as a usurer, but who is really the one thrifty person among an improvident population.

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