IMPROV'IDENT, adjective [Latin in and providens; pro and video, supra.] Wanting forecast; not foreseeing what will be necessary or convenient, or neglecting the measures which foresight would dictate; wanting care to make provision for future exigences. Seamen are proverbially improvident It is sometimes followed by of; as improvident of harm.
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