| NOUN | attribute | imprudence | a lack of caution in practical affairs |
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| Sounds | ihmpruw'dahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A lack of caution in practical affairs. | |
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| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | incaution, incautiousness | The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger |
| Opposite | prudence | discretion in practical affairs |
| Spanish | imprudencia | |
| Catalan | imprudència | |
| Adjectives | imprudent | not prudent or wise |
| imprudent | lacking wise self-restraint | |
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