NOUN | attribute | improvidence, shortsightedness | a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources |
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Meaning | A lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources. | |
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Synonym | shortsightedness | |
Narrower | extravagance, prodigality, profligacy | The trait of spending extravagantly |
thriftlessness, waste, wastefulness | The trait of wasting resources | |
Broader | imprudence | A lack of caution in practical affairs |
Opposite | providence | The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources |
Spanish | imprevisión | |
Catalan | imprevisió | |
Adjectives | improvident | not provident / provident |
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