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If you should be so improvident as to kick it hard, the engine will come to full strength at the speed of thought.

She did quit her job to take care of him, but they were improvident and did not buy long-term care insurance.

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“The arbitration clause is improvident because the arbitration process requires US$14,500 in up-front administrative fees,” the top court said.

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In one heat, a driver made an improvident move and three cars collided, one flipping on its side.

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It opines at length about the benefits if “children of improvident parents starve to death.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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