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improvidently
adverb
formaluk /ɪmˈprɒv.ɪ.dənt.li/ us /ɪmˈprɑː.və.dənt.li/
in a way that is unwise and does not plan carefully for the future:
A petition was accepted but then dismissed as improvidently granted.
Jurors should disregard any matters improvidently brought before them.
The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in allowing the testimony.
We conclude that the discretionary review was improvidently allowed.
They dismissed review in all the cases listed above as improvidently granted.
In August that year, the army had improvidently launched their attack.
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