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Definition of Improvidences
1. improvidence [n] - See also: improvidence
Lexicographical Neighbors of Improvidences
Literary usage of Improvidences
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law Review and Quarterly Journal of British and Foreign Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1849)
"As these improvidences and negligences form standing conditions of our nature,
statesmen must not on such a plea deny the contributions of reform, ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... and (3) to put into practice the art of fish breeding—(a) to aid in maintaining
a natural supply, (I) to repair the effects of past improvidences, ..."
3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1841)
"We have already remarked, that the greatest of all improvidences is improvident
marriage. But among many classes, .perhaps among most classes, ..."
4. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1876)
"... was drifting us into a repetition of all improvidences, abuses and frauds, so
long infesting this department of the public administration. 2. ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"... and serves as a scape-goat to carry that accumulation of individual improvidences
gathered during a series of prosperous years, which, forced to the ..."
6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"... and serves as a scape-goat to carry that accumulation of individual improvidences
gathered during a series of prosperous years, which, forced to the ..."
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