| Meaning | not prudent or wise. |
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| Examples | - "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"
- "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger
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| Narrower | ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted | not given careful consideration |
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| injudicious | lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion |
| rash | imprudently incurring risk |
| See also | careless | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness |
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| foolish | Devoid of good sense or judgment |
| ill-advised, unadvised | Without careful prior deliberation or counsel |
| improvident | not provident / provident |
| inadvisable, unadvisable | not prudent or wise |
| Opposite | prudent | Careful and sensible |
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| Spanish | imprudente, insensato |
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| Catalan | imprudent, insensat |
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| Nouns | imprudence | a lack of caution in practical affairs |
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| Adverbs | imprudently | in an imprudent manner |
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