Imprudent

  • 81unwise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. foolish, injudicious, imprudent, ill advised; senseless, impolitic, indiscreet. See folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ill considered, ill advised, rash; see stupid 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 82imprudence — (n.) early 15c., quality of rashness or heedlessness; imprudent act, from L. imprudentia lack of foresight, inconsiderateness, ignorance, inadvertence, noun of quality from imprudens (see IMPRUDENT (Cf. imprudent)) …

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  • 83Imprudence — Im*pru dence, n. [L. imprudentia: cf. F. imprudence. Cf. {Improvidence}.] The quality or state of being imprudent; want to caution, circumspection, or a due regard to consequences; indiscretion; inconsideration; rashness; also, an imprudent act;… …

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  • 84imprudence — noun Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being imprudent 2. an imprudent act …

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  • 85FOU — ou FOL, FOLLE. adj. (On emploie Fol devant un substantif, au singulier, commençant par une voyelle ou par une h non aspirée.) Qui a perdu le sens, l esprit. Il a toujours été fou. Devenir fou. Être fou à courir les champs. Il est fou à lier. Il… …

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  • 87René Barjavel — (January 24, 1911 November 24, 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drome department in southeastern France. He is… …

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  • 88George Croghan — For other people named George Croghan, see George Croghan (disambiguation). George Croghan Born c. 1718[1] Ireland Died August 31, 1782 Passyunk, Pennsylvania Resting place …

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  • 89Uniform Prudent Investor Act — (UPIA), which was adopted in 1992 by the American Law Institute s Third Restatement of the Law of Trusts ( Restatement of Trust 3d ), reflects a modern portfolio theory and total return approach to the exercise of fiduciary investment discretion …

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  • 90Knighthood of Salman Rushdie — In mid June 2007 Salman Rushdie, British Indian novelist and author of controversial novel The Satanic Verses , was bestowed the honour of being conferred a Knight Bachelor by HM Queen Elizabeth II. This action brought much controversy around the …

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