imprudence Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lack of caution in practical affairs

WordNet

Im*pru"dence noun
Etymology
L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. Improvidence.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913