improvidently
Definition
- 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.
Adverb
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in an improvident manner
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he lived improvidently for the moment
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