improvidently
Example Sentences
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He argued the court should have dismissed the case as improvidently granted, leaving the rule change to the federal rules committee.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2025
In their brief order dismissing the case "as improvidently granted," they justices said that their action will allow the matter to proceed before the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.
From Reuters ● Jun. 26, 2023
During the AT&T regime, “WarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines,” the lawsuit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
The court’s decision was one sentence long and said only that the states’ petition seeking review was “dismissed as improvidently granted.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
I never knew a man who married improvidently and had a huge family who did not die before he reached middle age.
From The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
