improvident

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Jon Provost played Timmy, a well-intentioned but improvident child who often finds himself in life-threatening situations that require Lassie to alert his folks and guide them to him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2025

If you should be so improvident as to kick it hard, the engine will come to full strength at the speed of thought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

If Alice’s hair is her one extravagance, her one deceptively whimsical ornament, Frank Banning—Mimi’s 9-year-old son—is all improvident display.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2016

One can at least sympathize with their reluctance to run what looks like a giant charity for improvident fellow Europeans.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2011

It was singular how improvident most of them were.

From A Life's Secret A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry