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antiprudential

antiprudential adjective: lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.

Adjective

antiprudential (comparative more antiprudential, superlative most antiprudential)

  1. Lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
    • We have alluded to the antiprudential haste some young ladies demonstrate to try the bands of Hymen, apparently forgetful, that, however graceful and lovely they may appear in these fetters, they cannot put them off again […]1848, T. Charles Boone, The Marriage Looking-glass, page 186

Forms of antiprudential

comparativemore antiprudential
superlativemost antiprudential

Origin of antiprudential

From anti- + prudential.

Questions about antiprudential

What does antiprudential mean?
Antiprudential means lacking or opposing prudence; imprudent.
What part of speech is antiprudential?
Antiprudential is an adjective.

Words near antiprudential in the dictionary

  1. antiprotozoal
  2. antiprotozoals
  3. antiprotozoan
  4. antiproverb
  5. antiproverbs
  6. antiprudential
  7. antipruritic
  8. antipruritics
  9. antipseudomonal
  10. antipseudomonals
  11. antipsoriasis

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