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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPROVIDENCE

n.[L. in and providens, providentia, from pro, before, and video, to see. ] Want of providence or forecast; neglect of foresight, or of the measures which foresight might dictate for safety or advantage. Half the inconveniences and losses which men suffer are the effects of improvidence.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPROVIDENCE

Im *prov "i *dence, n. Etym: [L. improvidentia; OF. improvidence. Cf. Imprudence. ]

Defn: The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift. The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. L'Estrange.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

improvidence

im prov i dence /ɪmprɑ́vɪd (ə )ns |-prɔ́v -/名詞 U ｟かたく｠備えがないこと ; 浪費 .