All 6 Uses
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An Enemy of the People
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- And every prudent man too, I hope?†
Act 3 *
- The prudent and the imprudent—almost the whole town.†
Act 3
- And all this because the great, broadminded majority of the people is prudent enough to show deference only to well-ascertained and well-approved truths?†
Act 4
- It would have been more prudent to get someone else to do it—someone less nearly related to you.†
Act 5
- The prudent and the imprudent—almost the whole town.†
Act 3imprudent = unwisestandard prefix: The prefix "im-" in imprudent means not and reverses the meaning of prudent. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "M" or "P" as seen in words like immoral, immature, and impossible.
- But, Thomas dear, the imprudent things you said had something to do with it, you know.†
Act 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(prudent) sensible and careful
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Prudence is also a female name.