| 词汇 | improvident |
| 释义 | improvident adjective formaluk /ɪmˈprɒv.ɪ.dənt/ us /ɪmˈprɑː.və.dənt/ not planning carefully for the future, especially by spending money in a way that is unwise挥霍的，奢侈的 Not expected or planned abrupt end abrupt halt abruptly abruptness ad hoc inadvertency inadvertent inadvertently inconceivable inconceivably sine die spirit spontaneity spontaneous spontaneously unsuspected untimely untoward unwilled unwitting Related wordimprovidence Examples of improvidentimprovident Only their working conditions and the treatment they received from their employers made them seem innately immoral, improvident, and hostile. However, this is not because they are improvident or feckless. Thoroughly improvident, he expected that food and water would just appear, as they did, thanks to the hospitality of his hosts. Indeed, it makes his loans appear to be the outpourings of an improvident philanthropist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are men who are improvident, or men who have improvident wives; they are not men necessarily in bad health or diseased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be unpatriotic, and it would be improvident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an improvident landlord who, having an opportunity of getting a higher rent from a good tenant, says to himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be most improvident and unpractical of them to do anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No, it was because the previous council had been so improvident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be said that it is most improvident of them to get married. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been most improvident for us to attempt such an enterprise before all our preparations were ready. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such is the profit, due to high real interest rates, that lenders are tripping over themselves in their anxiety to throw money at the improvident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It robs the elderly and gives money to the improvident and those who borrow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All we did was to carry out an improvident bargain and to make a good one in return, honouring our obligations at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the circumstances would that not only be improper but also somewhat improvident? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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