imprudence

Example Sentences

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The bus driver may be charged with "reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicides," police told AFP.

From BBC

Critics say this "financial imprudence" has drained much of the country's economic resources and created unprecedented levels of debt that have crippled the economy.

From BBC

Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said investigators would seek to “determine whether or not there was failure to respect a rule or individual imprudence that led to the explosion.”

From Seattle Times

The 2008 banking bailout protected many of the executives whose manifest imprudence created the housing crash that precipitated the financial crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

“The events of these days show the imprudence of not having further diversified our energy sources and our suppliers in the last decades,” he said last week.

From New York Times