What's the difference between improvidence and unprudence?

Improvidence


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was Lindsay's misfortune to serve as mayor of America's biggest city at the height of the urban crisis brought on by the coincidence of racial conflict, labour unrest, rashly generous liberal reforms, fiscal improvidence and political confusion.
  • (2) The question this raised for aficionados of supreme court procedure is whether the court might use a device called "dismissing a case as improvidently granted".
  • (3) A minimal theoretical training is essential in order to prevent delusions caused by an improvident autodidactic approach.

Unprudence


Definition:

  • (n.) Imprudence.

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