IMPROVIDENT Synonyms

• tending to squander and waste

• inefficient in use of time and effort and materials

• laying waste

• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

• effortless and unstudied

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• devoid of good sense or judgment

• having or revealing stupidity

• lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others

• without proper consideration or reflection

• a recklessly extravagant consumer

• recklessly wasteful

• marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

• characterized by careless unconcern

• showing lack of careful thought

• without care or thought for others

• not given careful consideration

• not given careful consideration

• unable to see distant objects clearly

• lacking foresight or scope

• primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

• (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

• (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range

• not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices

• of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration

• the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

• accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

• the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

• clean across

• without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold

• at some point or distance before a goal is reached

• so as to interrupt

• at a disadvantage

• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

• quickly and without warning

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

• lacking foresight or scope

• tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening

• marked by rude or peremptory shortness

• cheat someone by not returning him enough money

• create a short circuit in

• unable to see distant objects clearly

• lacking foresight or scope

• not given careful consideration

• careless of the future