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Antonyms for more prudent

Grammar : Adj
Spell : prood-nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprud nt

Definition of more prudent

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French prudent "with knowledge, deliberate" (c.1300), from Latin prudentem (nominative prudens) "knowing, skilled, sagacious, circumspect;" rarely in literal sense "foreseeing;" contraction of providens, present participle of providere "to foresee" (see provide). Related: Prudently.
  • adj wise, sensible in action and thought
Example sentences :
  • The stations were invaded by families like mine, who thought it more prudent to emigrate.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Now, Denas was not more prudent than young girls usually are.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Recommend him to be more prudent in future if he wishes me to forget his escapade at Tavora.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • “I should have deemed it more prudent to have said nothing, Ralph,” answered the other quietly.
  • Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
  • I was wrong, but I determined to be more prudent for the future.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • I presume she thought it would be more prudent, in the case of any interruption.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • The dawn of that day showed him that his enemies had been more prudent than he.
  • Extract from : « Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II » by G. R. Gleig
  • On second thoughts, he concluded it would be more prudent to let them alone.
  • Extract from : « The Plant Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • But silence was perhaps the more prudent, and, therefore, she said nothing.
  • Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
  • His father, more prudent than he, flew low, and reached Greece in safety.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Greeks » by H. A. Guerber

Synonyms for more prudent

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