imprudence /ɪmˈpɹuːdn̩s/ noun2 •The quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.[Hamilton were to have said:] nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy. — 1861 •An imprudent act.At about the age of twenty-three, to crown his other imprudences, he married, without improving his reduced circumstances thereby. — 1753 formsimprudences