improvidently

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In their brief order dismissing the case "as improvidently granted," they justices said that their action will allow the matter to proceed before the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.

From Reuters • Jun. 26, 2023

During the AT&T regime, “WarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines,” the lawsuit said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

“The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted,” the court stated.

From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2012

Instead, the court dismissed the case as improvidently granted, probably because it was beset with procedural difficulties.

From New York Times • May 17, 2010

He seems, improvidently, to have trusted to the natives for provision and to have quarrelled with them unnecessarily.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Johnson, Rossiter