unprovident en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + provident.
Meanings
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(obsolete) lacking caution; lacking foresight; improvident
For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any, Who for thyself art so unprovident
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 10”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
- (obsolete) lacking thrift.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unprovident | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unprovident | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |