Definition of "improvidently" [im•prov•i•dent•ly]

• In an improvident manner. (adverb)

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• "For this reason, when it happens that there exists only a single word to express a certain conception, and this word, in its usual acceptation, is thoroughly adequate to the conception, the accurate distinction of which from related conceptions is of great importance, we ought not to employ the expression improvidently, or, for the sake of variety and elegance of style, use it as a synonym for other cognate words."
• "The city, it says, acted "improvidently" in cutting the public safety workforce, such as mounted patrolmen and the canine unit."
• "The Supreme Court granted cert, but ultimately dismissed certiorari as improvidently granted because of underlying procedural difficulties."