imprudence

/ɪmˈprudəns/

Other forms: imprudences

Imprudence sometimes gets people in trouble, because it means a lack of care or thoughtfulness. The imprudence of not wearing your gloves in the winter might result in frostbite on your fingers.

A person's imprudence is her tendency to rush headlong into decisions or actions without careful contemplation. Imprudence could lead a couple to get married just a week after meeting each other or a little girl to chase a run-away ball into a busy street. The Latin root word is imprudentem means "not forseeing, unaware, or inconsiderate."

Definitions of imprudence

1. noun

   a lack of caution in practical affairs
   antonyms:

   prudence

   discretion in practical affairs

   types:

   heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness

   the trait of acting rashly and without prudence

   improvidence, shortsightedness

   a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources

   myopia

   a lack of discernment, insight, or foresight

   lightheadedness

   a frivolous lack of prudence

   extravagance, prodigality, profligacy

   the trait of spending extravagantly

   thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness

   the trait of wasting resources

   type of:

   incaution, incautiousness

   the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger