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

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

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2021

On the other hand, if we make improvident choices, the bright horizon I’ve described will not materialize.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2016

I knew Mr. Peter, and, if I may say it of an Audley, my lord, a more shiftless, weak, improvident gentleman never lived.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John