imprudence
(noun) a lack of caution in practical affairs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
imprudence (usually uncountable, plural imprudences)
(uncountable) The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
(countable) An imprudent act.
(lack of prudence): indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; heedlessness
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pru"dence, n. Etym: [L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. Improvidence.]
Definition: The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; reshness; also, an imprudent act; as, he was guilty of an imprudence. His serenity was interrupted, perhaps, by his own imprudence. Mickle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 July 2024
(noun) fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
