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

“A lethal combination of national recessions, improvident tax cuts and too much spending created a financial sinkhole that defied every effort to climb out.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2014

“Sometimes it’s just best to get caught trying,” said Clinton, “as long as you don’t overcommit—like, as long as you don’t make an improvident commitment.”

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2013

The absence45 of reflection makes him grossly improvident, and unfits him for pursuing any complicated scheme of war or policy.

From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis