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prudential

[proo-den-shuhl] / pruˈdɛn ʃəl /
ADJECTIVE
economical
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cost-effective efficient practical prudent
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avaricious canny chary circumspect close closefisted curmudgeonly frugal meager mean methodical miserly money-saving on the rims parsimonious penny-pinching penny-wise penurious provident saving scrimping skimping spare sparing stingy thrifty tight time-saving unwasteful watchful work-saving
Antonyms
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inefficient
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careless uncareful uneconomical unreasonable wasteful

Example Sentences

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It’s basic prudential supervision, and it’s well within the existing tool kit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

There are prudential questions on the best ways to help topple the regime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

More than ever, we need leaders with strong moral character, personal discipline and the ability to model prudential choices about when and how to use such a powerful technology.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025

“Every jurisdiction and prudential consideration calls for this court to allow the appeal to proceed first in the D.C. Circuit. ‘Haste makes waste’ is an old adage.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2023

I abstained, however, for prudential reasons, from speaking.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando