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Meanings of provident in English

Providing carefully for the future.

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        Examples for "improvident"
        Examples for "improvident"
        1
        Both were throughout life lacking in executive ability; both were financially improvident.
        Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by ...
        2
        He was industrious but improvident; he made money and he lost it.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 / Little J...
        3
        This improvident expenditure has had the effect of making the people discontented.
        Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay
        4
        I also say they are not improvident or extravagant, but the reverse.
        Second Shetland Truck System Report
        5
        Like mountaineers generally, Baker was liberal to a fault, and eminently improvident.
        The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway
        Usage of provident in English
        1
        They suffered the provident arrangements of the Incas to fall into decay.
        History of the Conquest of Peru
        2
        We are made provident and sagacious by the fickleness of our climate.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
        3
        God and nature have permitted that nations should become industrious and provident.
        Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
        4
        A provident city government and a vigorous police preserved order and peace.
        Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sk...
        5
        As men become wise and thoughtful, they generally become provident and frugal.
        Thrift
        6
        They must learn to be provident, to work harder and drink less.
        The Sowers
        7
        Methinks, these ghosts of thine had a provident eye to their bellies.
        Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
        8
        Too kindly constituted to be very provident, he was yet not imprudent.
        Desperate Remedies
        9
        They are not yet sufficiently educated to be temperate, provident, and foreseeing.
        Thrift
        10
        What pennies I have I'm obliged to count with a provident eye.
        Kenny
        11
        Ought I not to be provident for the welfare of my fellow-citizens?
        The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4
        12
        I hope Sir Wycherly is equally provident as to his worldly affairs?
        The Two Admirals
        13
        Besides, do you know that unlike Scaramouche I have been oddly provident?
        Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
        14
        The provident habits and knowledge thus induced are most beneficial to the members.
        Thrift
        15
        The Cucámas are notorious on the river for their provident habits.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        16
        And the provident mother knew this peerless gentleman: but he had his wife.
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
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