imprudent
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Synonyms & Antonyms for imprudent
Synonyms
brash, graceless, ill-advised, inadvisable, indelicate, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, undiplomatic, unwise
Antonyms
advisable, discreet, judicious, prudent, tactful, wise
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How could such a fiscally imprudent thing happen with taxpayer dollars? — John Henderson, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: Special districts and how my Lakewood community — Solterra — landed in a mountain of debt," 12 Aug. 2019 The US Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell once famously characterised non-bank lenders as imprudent and a potential problem for the credit markets and the broader financial system. — Shachindra Nath, Quartz India, "India’s NBFCs, wrongly called shadow banks, need the government’s backing," 3 July 2019 Further breaking higher education to the saddle of the state is an imprudent (and, which is much the same thing, unconservative) objective. — George Will, Twin Cities, "George Will: The College Board tries to solve a social problem that it’s unsuited to solve," 9 June 2019 But at its extremes, our family’s prudence was imprudent. — Alexandra Kleeman, WSJ, "New Year’s Resolution: Pop Champagne Whenever," 28 Dec. 2018 That may have been imprudent: The goal of the individual mandate is to get healthy people to buy insurance, which spreads risk across a broader population and helps keep prices lower for all of us. — Nicholas Bagley, Vox, "Trump’s legal attack on the ACA isn’t about health care. It’s a war on the rule of law.," 8 June 2018 Sadler, who generated a firestorm last month for making an imprudent comment about Republican Sen. John McCain's health, had recently feuded with Mercedes Schlapp, director of strategic communications, people familiar with the dynamic said. — Sarah Westwood, CNN, "White House poised to purge lower-level communications staffers," 7 June 2018 No one is imprudent enough to lay his or her cards on the table, but Spector makes every apparent stab at diplomacy into a sly bid for power. — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Aurora’s ‘Eureka Day’ goes from ‘so Berkeley’ to universal," 22 Apr. 2018 The sheriff’s deputy cited Patterson for operating while intoxicated, operating after suspension, unreasonable and imprudent speed, failure to maintain control of a vehicle, and possession of marijuana. — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Trying to chase down a stolen $50, speeding driver rolls car 12 times, but emerges OK," 17 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'imprudent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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