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Improvident vs Unrestrained - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between improvident and unrestrained

is that improvident is failing to provide for the future; reckless while unrestrained is immoderate; not restrained or held in check.

improvident

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • failing to provide for the future; reckless
  • incautious; prone to rashness
  • Synonyms

    * (not provident) myopic, short, wasteful, imprudent, thriftless * See also

    Antonyms

    * provident * See also

    Derived terms

    * improvidence * improvidently

    unrestrained

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • immoderate; not restrained or held in check
  • The party was a scene of unrestrained debauchery.
  • spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained
  • Their meeting was one of unrestrained joy.
  • Not subject to physical restraint.
  • * 2009 , Russell Colling, ?Tony W. York, Hospital and Healthcare Security (page 346)
  • Managing unrestrained prisoners alone in any environment is inherently dangerous and should not be tolerated.

    Antonyms

    * restrained

    Derived terms

    * unrestrainedly * unrestrainedness

    See also

    * rampant * unbridled