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Meaning of "improvidence" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPROVIDENCE

improvidence  [ɪmˈprɒvɪdəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPROVIDENCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Improvidence is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPROVIDENCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of improvidence in the English dictionary

The definition of improvidence in the dictionary is the quality of being thriftless, imprudent, or prodigal.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPROVIDENCE


abidance
əˈbaɪdəns
avoidance
əˈvɔɪdəns
cadence
ˈkeɪdəns
coincidence
kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns
confidence
ˈkɒnfɪdəns
counterevidence
ˌkaʊntərˈɛvɪdəns
diffidence
ˈdɪfɪdəns
dissidence
ˈdɪsɪdəns
evidence
ˈɛvɪdəns
guidance
ˈɡaɪdəns
incidence
ˈɪnsɪdəns
misguidance
ˌmɪsˈɡaɪdəns
nonevidence
ˌnɒnˈevɪdəns
overconfidence
ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdəns
precedence
ˈprɛsɪdəns
providence
ˈprɒvɪdəns
residence
ˈrɛzɪdəns
riddance
ˈrɪdəns
self-evidence
ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪdəns
subsidence
səbˈsaɪdəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPROVIDENCE

improvement grant
improver
improvident
improvidently
improving
improvingly
improvisate
improvisation
improvisational
improvisator
improvisatore
improvisatori
improvisatorial
improvisatory
improvisatrices
improvisatrix
improvise
improvised explosive device
improviser
improvisor

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPROVIDENCE

angle of incidence
at your convenience
correspondence
credence
crisis of confidence
decadence
Declaration of Independence
dependence
documentary evidence
hall of residence
in confidence
in evidence
in residence
independence
interdependence
jurisprudence
letters of credence
prudence
self-confidence
transcendence
vote of no confidence

Synonyms and antonyms of improvidence in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMPROVIDENCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «improvidence» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of improvidence

Translation of «improvidence» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPROVIDENCE

Find out the translation of improvidence to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of improvidence from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «improvidence» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

improvidence
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imprevisión
570 millions of speakers

English

improvidence
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

improvidence
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإسراف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непредусмотрительности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imprevidência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরিণামদর্শিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprévoyance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penambahbaikan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sorglosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

improvidence
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

improvidence
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Improvisasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không lo trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

improvidence
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अक्कल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tedbirsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imprevidenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Nieprzewidywanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непередбачливості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nechibzuință
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρονοησία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zorgeloosheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

improvidence
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

improvidence
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of improvidence

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPROVIDENCE»

The term «improvidence» is normally little used and occupies the 132.782 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPROVIDENCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «improvidence» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «improvidence» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about improvidence

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPROVIDENCE»

Discover the use of improvidence in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to improvidence and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Irish improvidence encouraged by English bounty; a ...
t. 12 1RISn RELIEF. and improving Irish estates, should be paid by an Income T.\ x. on the whole of the Irish nation. Tins interest, at four per eent, would require only a revenue of about three-quarters of a million per annum, or one-fifth onlv ...
Irish improvidence, 184
2
Papers by Command
1 — M. K. 69 ii »» » ••• Improvidence I — J. 0. 48 •j jj ti ••□ Salvation Army Home Drink 1 — N. M. 48 Improvidence 1 — J. C. 44 39, Bell Street Drink 1 — J. M. 60 Mc Alpine Street Model. Infirmity 1 — J. MoJ. 54 Clydesdale Model Drink 1 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1908
3
Expositions on the Book of Psalms: Psalms 53-75
For what improvidence Ve»- is there in Christ ? Is He not Himself the Virtue of God, and —— the Wisdom of God ? Doth He call this His improvidence, whereof the Apostle speaketh, the foolishness of God is wiser i Cor. 1, than men?
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), 1849
4
The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law
Acquiescence in an assessment is waiver of notice.4 IMPROVIDENCE. — Want of care or foresight in the management of property.5 1. People v. Haggin, 57 Cal. ^79. 2. State v. Taylor, 59 Md. 338. Overcharging an assessment is fatal to an ...
John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, 1889
5
NPNF1-08. St. Augustine: Exposition on the Book of Psalms
“O God, Thou hast known mine improvidence” (ver. 5). Again out of the mouth of the Body. For what improvidence is there in Christ? Is He not Himself the Virtue of God, and the Wisdom of God? Doth He call this His improvidence, whereof the ...
Philip Schaff
6
Commentaries on the Law of Wills: Embracing Execution, ...
Improvidence as a Disqualification. Improvidence has been defined as “a want of care or foresight in the management of property.”8 In most jurisdictions, by statute , improvidence disqualifies one from acting as executor or administrator, the ...
John Edmundson Alexander, 1918
7
The New York Supplement
In order to disqualify a person under the statute, the improvidence or want of understanding must amount to a lack of intelligence. Just what is meant by the term "improvidence," as used in the statute — that is, its legal interpretation — has ...
‎1906
8
The office of surrogate, surrogates, and Surrogates' courts, ...
The improvidence contemplated by the statute, as a ground of exclusion, is that want of care or foresight in the ... diminished in value, by improvidence, in case administration thereof should be committed to the person charged as improvident .
Isaac Dayton, 1855
9
Reports of cases determined in the Supreme Court of the ...
Pcnnie, 467. 13. Right of Administration — Competency of Father of Deceased — Improvidence — Question of Fact. — Where the competency of the father of a deceased person, who petitioned for letters of administration upon the estate of his ...
California. Supreme Court, Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1906
10
A Treatise on the Law Relating to Executors and Administrators
who is adjudged by the probate court incompetent by reason of drunkenness or improvidence, shall not be appointed executor or administrator.' Neither of these disabilities existed at common law, and probably would not be regarded as ...
Simon Greenleaf Croswell, 1889

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPROVIDENCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term improvidence is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Judge: Hurricane Sandy survivor's hubby incapable of administering …
"The court ... finds him ineligible to perform the duties of executor of his late wife's estate due to improvidence and want of understanding," ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»
2
Living Trust Loses To Creditors In Lewiston
But a settlor is not precluded from transferring his own property in trust to protect himself against his own improvidence. In 1991, the Michigan ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
3
Where Cruelty Is Kindness
Doubtless the poor will be blamed for improvidence and feckless procreation, and urged to overcome their moral failings through aspiration. «Outlook, Jun 15»
4
Skivers and strivers: this 200–year–old myth won't die
Like Malthus, the commissioners blamed the problems of the rural poor not on structural factors but on immorality, improvidence and low ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Greece EU deal will be a victory for cowardice and make euro crisis …
Yet what is most astonishing is not the behaviour of the Greeks, whose reputation for improvidence was forged around the third century BC, but ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
John Robson: Let's give the negative income tax a proper try and …
Public welfare bought what it paid for: improvidence and misery. If so, we'll be sadder but wiser. It's time to find out. National Post. Facebook ... «National Post, Jun 15»
7
What does the Supreme Court's Tibble ruling mean for practitioners …
Assuming that plaintiffs could not have discovered the improvidence of this investment on their own,[1] from what point should a court calculate ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
8
What Does the Supreme Court's Tibble Ruling Mean for …
Assuming that plaintiffs could not have discovered the improvidence of this investment on their own,[1] from what point should a court calculate ... «JD Supra, Jun 15»
9
Where's Charlie? What Catholic Parents Need to Know About “the …
Improvidence, however, can constitute a lack of responsibility. 2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, ... «Patheos, May 15»
10
Wake Up the Earth!
“Another era of equal human crime and human improvidence … would reduce [the earth] to such a condition of impoverished productiveness, ... «CounterPunch, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Improvidence [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/improvidence>. Apr 2024 ».
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