improvidence

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Middle English in-

English im-

English providence

English improvidence

From im- + providence.

Pronunciation

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Noun

improvidence (plural improvidences)

1. The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

Translations

state of being improvident

• Bulgarian: непредвидливост (bg) f (nepredvidlivost)
• Catalan: imprevisió f
• Dutch: zorgeloosheid (nl), overhaasting (nl)
• French: improvidence (fr) f
• Polish: nieprzezorność f, lekkomyślność (pl) f
• Spanish: improvidencia (es) f, imprevisión (es) f
• Welsh: annarbodaeth f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “improvidence”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “improvidence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.