Imprudent (adj)
im-proo-dent
Not showing care for the consequences of an action; rash.
Late Middle English from Latin imprudent- ‘not foreseeing’, from in- ‘not’ + prudent- (see prudent).
Example sentences
“As the rain hit her face, she knew it had been imprudent to leave her raincoat behind.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)