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imprudences

imprudences is the plural of imprudence.

Meaning of imprudence

Noun

imprudence (usually uncountable, plural imprudences)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
    • [Hamilton were to have said:] nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.1861, Jonathan Elliot, Debates of State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, vol. I, page 422
  2. (countable, usually) An imprudent act.
    • Ah: my dear—Madam there is the great mistake—'tis this very conscious Innocence that is of the greatest Prejudice to you—what is it makes you negligent of Forms and careless of the world's opinion—why the consciousness of your Innocence—what makes you thoughtless in your Conduct and apt to run into...1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii

Questions about imprudences

What is imprudences the plural of?
Imprudences is the plural of imprudence.

Words near imprudences in the dictionary

  1. improvvisatori
  2. improvvisatrice
  3. improvvisatrici
  4. IMPRS-LS
  5. imprudence
  6. imprudences
  7. imprudencies
  8. imprudency
  9. imprudent
  10. imprudential
  11. imprudently

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