| 单词 | improvident |
| 释义 | improvident adjective formaluk/ɪmˈprɒv.ɪ.dənt/us/ɪmˈprɑː.və.dənt/notplanningcarefullyfor thefuture,especiallybyspendingmoneyin a way that isunwise 挥霍的，奢侈的Not expected or planned
Examplesofimprovidentimprovident Only their working conditions and the treatment they received from their employers made them seem innately immoral,improvident, and hostile. From theCambridge English Corpus However, this is not because they areimprovidentor feckless. From theCambridge English Corpus Thoroughlyimprovident, he expected that food and water would just appear, as they did, thanks to the hospitality of his hosts. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, it makes his loans appear to be the outpourings of animprovidentphilanthropist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are men who areimprovident, or men who haveimprovidentwives; they are not men necessarily in bad health or diseased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be unpatriotic, and it would beimprovident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is animprovidentlandlord who, having an opportunity of getting a higher rent from a good tenant, says to himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be mostimprovidentand unpractical of them to do anything else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No, it was because the previous council had been soimprovident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be said that it is mostimprovidentof them to get married. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have been mostimprovidentfor us to attempt such an enterprise before all our preparations were ready. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Such is the profit, due to high real interest rates, that lenders are tripping over themselves in their anxiety to throw money at theimprovident. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It robs the elderly and gives money to theimprovidentand those who borrow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All we did was to carry out animprovidentbargain and to make a good one in return, honouring our obligations at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the circumstances would that not only be improper but also somewhatimprovident? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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