improvident
Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:24 pm
1. neglecting to provide for future needs; thriftless
2. Rash; incautious.
Besides, if your father saved money, and the others were improvident, he deserved to make a fortune.
Some of them retained a little of the thrift and forethought of the civilized man, and became wealthy among their improvident neighbors; their wealth being chiefly displayed in large bands of horses, which covered the prairies in the vicinity of their abodes.
They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful.
2. Rash; incautious.
Besides, if your father saved money, and the others were improvident, he deserved to make a fortune.
Some of them retained a little of the thrift and forethought of the civilized man, and became wealthy among their improvident neighbors; their wealth being chiefly displayed in large bands of horses, which covered the prairies in the vicinity of their abodes.
They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful.