improvidently

Thân thiện

He spent his money improvidently on fleeting pleasures.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an improvident manner; without foresight or prudence: Acting or living in a way that does not provide for the future, characterized by a lack of careful planning or thrift.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • He spent his entire inheritance improvidently, leaving nothing for his later years.
  • The government was accused of managing the funds improvidently, with little regard for long-term consequences.

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe financial or resource management: Most commonly applied to contexts involving money, time, or assets, highlighting a shortsighted approach.
  • The trust was administered improvidently, depleting the principal for immediate, non-essential expenses.

Variants and Related Words

• Improvident (adjective): Not providing for the future; wasteful.
  • His improvident habits led to constant debt.
• Improvidence (noun): The quality or fact of being improvident.
  • Her financial troubles were a result of sheer improvidence.

Synonyms

• Wastefully: In a manner that uses resources carelessly or extravagantly.
• Thriftlessly: Without careful management of money and resources; not frugally.
• Short-sightedly: Without consideration for the future.

Antonyms

• Providently: In a manner demonstrating foresight and careful management for the future.
• Thriftily: In a way that uses money and other resources carefully and wisely.
• Prudently: Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in an improvident manner
   • he lived improvidently for the moment