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imprudently

imprudently adverb: without prudence; in an imprudent manner.

Adverb

imprudently (comparative more imprudently, superlative most imprudently)

  1. Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
    • He imprudently invested all his savings into a shady scheme and lost.
    • She spoke imprudently during the meeting, criticizing her boss without evidence.

Examples of imprudently in a sentence

  • The thinker imprudently dismissed the ontological premises of the argument without engaging in dialectical scrutiny, thereby undermining the epistemic integrity of the discourse.
  • The minister imprudently disclosed classified information, thereby compromising national security.
  • The executive imprudently authorized the capital reallocation without conducting a due diligence audit, thereby exposing the firm to significant fiduciary risk.

Forms of imprudently

comparativemore imprudently
superlativemost imprudently

Origin of imprudently

From imprudent + -ly.

Questions about imprudently

What does imprudently mean?
Imprudently means without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
How do you use imprudently in a sentence?
The thinker imprudently dismissed the ontological premises of the argument without engaging in dialectical scrutiny, thereby undermining the epistemic integrity of the discourse.
What part of speech is imprudently?
Imprudently is an adverb.

Words near imprudently in the dictionary

  1. imprudences
  2. imprudencies
  3. imprudency
  4. imprudent
  5. imprudential
  6. imprudently
  7. imprudentness
  8. impræscriptible
  9. imps
  10. imps.
  11. impship

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