| 单词 | improvident |
| 释义 | improvident (once / 4899 pages) adj Someone who is improvident doesn't worry about the future — or plan wisely for it. If you spend all your money on video games even though you know you have to buy your mom a birthday present next week, you have made an improvident decision. In the adjective improvident, the prefix im- means "opposite" or "not." Provident comes from the Latin word providere, meaning "foresee, provide." Put that together and you get something that lacks foresight and consideration for the future, like an improvident town council that spends the whole budget on playground equipment, leaving nothing to cover the inevitable repairs to fire trucks or public restrooms. WORD FAMILYimprovident: improvidence, improvidently+/improvidence: improvidences/provide: provided, provident, provider, provides, providing, provision/providence: providences, providential/provident: improvident, providence, providently/providential: providentially/provider: providers/provision: provisional, provisionary, provisioned, provisioner, provisioning, provisions/provisional: provisionally/provisioner: provisioners USAGE EXAMPLESIndeed, he presents himself throughout Black Boy as a rebel, at odds with both his ailing mother, his faithless, improvident father and tyrannical “Granny”. The Guardian(Oct 03, 2016) Then again, Mr. Ryan is making a similarly improvident bet on Mr. Trump. Washington Post(Jun 18, 2016) Some will see a simple morality play here, that these people have been improvident. Seattle Times(May 28, 2016) 1adj not provident; not providing for the future Syn|Ant myopic, short, shortsighted, unforesightful lacking foresight or scope thriftlesscareless of the future unforethoughtfullacking forethought imprudentnot prudent or wise wastefultending to squander and waste provident providing carefully for the future careful, thriftymindful of the future in spending money farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicientplanning prudently for the future forehandedhaving provided for the future forethoughtfulthoughtful of the future prudentcareful and sensible; marked by sound judgment farsighted, presbyopicable to see distant objects clearly thriftycareful and diligent in the use of resources 2adj not given careful consideration Syn ill-considered, ill-judged, shortsighted imprudent not prudent or wise |
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