imprudent
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Quiñones told the board that reducing or halting the city’s use of water from the Mono Basin would be “unwarranted, imprudent, and place undue financial burden on LADWP’s ratepayers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Many countries, he noted, "failed to capitalise" on similar opportunities or "squandered them in the face of global shocks and imprudent policies".
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
That isn’t “some pie-in-the-sky idea,” but it would be imprudent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
It seems imprudent, even impolite, not to advise caution, rather than mindlessly becoming part of the herd.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025
“And Mary King is safe!” added Elizabeth; “safe from a connection imprudent as to fortune.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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