improvidence
Failure to prepare
Improvidence is failure to plan ahead or provide for future needs—the quality of being shortsighted about resources.
An improvident person spends freely without saving, ignores coming hardships, or assumes things will work out: His improvidence left the family destitute when he lost his job.
The word carries moral weight, suggesting not just bad luck but careless disregard for consequences.
Reckless with money
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- lavishAbundant beyond necessity
luxury · opulence · dissipation · prodigality · wastefulness · overspending · frittering · excess
Failing in due care
- remissNeglectful of duty
- laxInsufficiently firm or rigorous
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
unmindful · inattentive · slipshod · disregardful · neglectful · unconcerned · unprotected · unsecured
Inattentive, prone to mistakes
- heedlessCareless of consequences
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
impulsive · unthinking · brash · incautious · imprudent · thoughtless · hasty · precipitate
Unable to see far
- short-termismFocus on immediate results
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- immediate gratificationDesire for quick pleasure
- tunnel visionInability to see periphery
nearsighted · blinkered · short-range · unprepared · hand-to-mouth · no savings · penny-wise
spendthrift
Reckless with money
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
lavish · luxury · opulence · dissipation · prodigality · wastefulness · overspending · frittering · excess · indulgence
negligent
Failing in due care
- remissNeglectful of duty
- laxInsufficiently firm or rigorous
- irresponsibleLacking sense of duty
derelict · unmindful · inattentive · slipshod · disregardful · neglectful · unconcerned · unprotected · unsecured · exposed
careless
Inattentive, prone to mistakes
foolhardy · impulsive · unthinking · brash · incautious · imprudent · thoughtless · hasty · precipitate · devil-may-care
myopic
Unable to see far
- short-termismFocus on immediate results
- unplannedNot arranged beforehand
- immediate gratificationDesire for quick pleasure
tunnel vision · nearsighted · blinkered · short-range · unprepared · hand-to-mouth · no savings · penny-wise
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- Poor Judgmentfolly, recklessness, impulsiveness, hasty decisions, snap judgments
improvidenceprovidence
Divine protective care
foresight · forethought · prudence · provision · preparedness
improvidencefrugality
Economical resource management
thrift · economy · thriftiness · parsimony · husbandry
improvidenceprudence
Careful, wise judgment
wisdom · sagacity · judiciousness · discretion · temperance