† unˈprovident, a. Obs.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
Improvident; incautious.
| 1572 Buchanan Detection of Mary (1727) 71 Ane Hous..prouydit for ane ȝoung Gentilman unprouydent be ȝouth. c 1600 Shakes. Sonn. x, Deny that thou bear'st loue to any, Who for thy selfe art so vnprouident. 1619 J. King Serm., etc. 39 Hath it made you proud,..and improvident, and un⁓provident against your enemies? 1658 J. Webb Cleopatra viii. ii. 55 Must the unfortunate Alcamenes be ignorant, whence this unprovident ruine comes? |