Definition of Improvidences

1. Noun. (plural of improvidence) ¹

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Definition of Improvidences

1. improvidence [n] - See also: improvidence

Lexicographical Neighbors of Improvidences

improsperity
improsperous
improv
improvabilities
improvability
improvable
improve
improved
improvement
improvements
improver
improvers
improves
improvided
improvidence
improvidences (current term)
improvident
improvidentially
improvidently
improving
improving agent
improving agents
improving lease
improving leases
improvingly
improvisate
improvisated
improvisates
improvisating
improvisation

Literary usage of Improvidences

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1849)
"As these improvidences and negligences form standing conditions of our nature, statesmen must not on such a plea deny the contributions of reform, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and (3) to put into practice the art of fish breeding—(a) to aid in maintaining a natural supply, (I) to repair the effects of past improvidences, ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1841)
"We have already remarked, that the greatest of all improvidences is improvident marriage. But among many classes, .perhaps among most classes, ..."

4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1876)
"... was drifting us into a repetition of all improvidences, abuses and frauds, so long infesting this department of the public administration. 2. ..."

5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"... and serves as a scape-goat to carry that accumulation of individual improvidences gathered during a series of prosperous years, which, forced to the ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"... and serves as a scape-goat to carry that accumulation of individual improvidences gathered during a series of prosperous years, which, forced to the ..."

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