improvident
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Jon Provost played Timmy, a well-intentioned but improvident child who often finds himself in life-threatening situations that require Lassie to alert his folks and guide them to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025
If you should be so improvident as to kick it hard, the engine will come to full strength at the speed of thought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Her restlessness manifests itself in a familiar way—she makes an improvident purchase and leaves her husband of twentysome years, but instead of buying a convertible, Sam buys a house.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2021
“A lethal combination of national recessions, improvident tax cuts and too much spending created a financial sinkhole that defied every effort to climb out.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2014
The improvident seamen had not only burned one boat, but even the boards under their sleeping-robes.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
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