Synonyms for imprudently

Grammar : Adv

Spell : im-prood-nt

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈprud nt

Définition of imprudently

Origin : late 14c., from Latin imprudentem (nominative imprudens) "not foreseeing, unaware, inconsiderate, heedless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + prudens, contraction of providens, present participle of providere "to provide," literally "to see before (one)" (see provide). Related: Imprudently.

adv unwisely

Example sentences :

Do you suppose I shall ever come to care for you––imprudently?
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

Ali thought his master had imprudently called it up, and now could not get rid of it.
Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad

He no longer drank cautiously, prudently, but imprudently and recklessly.
Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

La Salle, imprudently exploring alone, became lost in the forest.
Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott

Spoken to them who have imprudently engaged with some who have been too cunning or too hard for them.
Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop

But to return to our subject, of which we have imprudently lost sight.
Extract from : « Practical Education, Volume II » by Maria Edgeworth

And Faustus imprudently asked in what other sense you could believe in him.
Extract from : « Lost Diaries » by Maurice Baring

What would you do if, in case you imprudently irritated him, he should change his mind?
Extract from : « The Honor of the Name » by Emile Gaboriau

Soon after he married, almost as early and quite as imprudently as Shakespeare.
Extract from : « Volpone; Or, The Fox » by Ben Jonson

Having but one rifle, they imprudently left it in their tent.
Extract from : « History of the State of California » by John T. Frost

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