Hypertext Webster Gateway: "improvidence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Improvidence \Im*prov"i*dence\, n. [L. improvidentia; OF.
improvidence. Cf. {Imprudence}.]
The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or
thrift.
The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me
inhuman. --L'Estrange.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
improvidence
n : a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of
resources [syn: {shortsightedness}] [ant: {providence}]
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