IMPROSPEROUS
IMPROS'PEROUS, adjective [in and prosperous.] Not prosperous; not successful; unfortunate; not yielding profit; not advancing interest; as an improsperous undertaking or voyage....
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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IMPROSPEROUSLY
IMPROS'PEROUSLY, adverb Unsuccessfully; unprosperously; unfortunately.
IMPROSPEROUSNESS
IMPROS'PEROUSNESS, noun Ill success; want of prosperity.
IMPROVABILITY
IMPROVABIL'ITY, noun [See Improvable.] The state or quality of being capable of improvement; susceptibility of being made better.
IMPROVABLE
IMPROV'ABLE, adjective [See Improve.] Susceptible of improvement; capable of growing or being made better; that may be advanced in good qualities.We have stock enough, and that ...
IMPROVABLENESS
IMPROV'ABLENESS, noun Susceptibility of improvement; capableness of being made better, or of being used to advantage.
IMPROVE
IMPROVE, verb transitive improov'. [Latin in and probo, to prove, or the adjective probus.]1. To make better; to advance in value or good qualities. We amend a bad, but improve ...
IMPROVED
IMPROV'ED, participle passive Made better, wiser or more excellent; advanced immoral worth, knowledge or manners.1. Made better; advanced in fertility or other good qualities.2....
IMPROVEMENT
IMPROVEMENT, noun improov'ment. Advancement in moral worth, learning, wisdom, skill or other excellence; as the improvement of the mind or of the heart by cultivation; improveme...
IMPROVER
IMPROV'ER, noun One who improves; one who makes himself or any thing else better; as an improver of horses or cattle.1. That which improves, enriches or meliorates; as chalk is ...
IMPROVIDED
IMPROVI'DED, adjective [Latin improvisus; in and provideo, to foresee or provide.] Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against.
IMPROVIDENCE
IMPROV'IDENCE, noun [Latin in and providens, providentia, from pro, before, and video, to see.]Want of providence or forecast; neglect of foresight, or of the measures which for...
IMPROVIDENT
IMPROV'IDENT, adjective [Latin in and providens; pro and video, supra.]Wanting forecast; not foreseeing what will be necessary or convenient, or neglecting the measures which fo...
IMPROVIDENTLY
IMPROV'IDENTLY, adverb Without foresight or forecast; without care to provide against future wants.
IMPROVING
IMPROV'ING, participle present tense Making better; growing better; using to advantage.
IMPROVISION
IMPROVIS'ION, noun s as z. [in and provision.] Want of forecast; improvidence. [Little used.]
IMPRUDENCE
IMPRU'DENCE, noun [Latin imprudentia; in and prudentia, prudence.]Want of prudence; indiscretion; want of caution, circumspection, or a due regard to the consequences of words t...
IMPRUDENT
IMPRU'DENT, adjective [Latin imprudens; in and prudens, prudent.]Wanting prudence or discretion; indiscrete; injudicious; not attentive to the consequences of words or actions; ...
IMPRUDENTLY
IMPRU'DENTLY, adverb Without the exercise of prudence; indiscreetly.
IMPUDENCE
IM'PUDENCE, noun [Latin impudens; in and pudens, from pudeo, to be ashamed.] Shamelessness; want of modesty; effrontery; assurance accompanied with a disregard of the opinions o...
IMPUDENT
IM'PUDENT, adjective [Latin impudens.] Shameless; wanting modesty; bold with contempt of others; saucy.When we behold an angel, not to fearIs to be impudent
IMPUDENTLY
IM'PUDENTLY, adverb Shamelessly; with indecent assurance.At once assailWith open mouths, and impudently rail.
IMPUDICITY
IMPUDIC'ITY, noun [Latin impudicitia.] Immodesty.
IMPUGN
IMPU'GN, verb transitive impu'ne. [Latin impugno; in and pugno, to fight or resist.] To oppose; to attack by words or arguments; to contradict. The lawfulness of lots is impugne...
IMPUGNATION
IMPUGNA'TION, noun Opposition. [Little used.]
IMPUGNED
IMPU'GNED, participle passive Opposed; contradicted; disputed.
IMPUGNER
IMPU'GNER, noun One who opposes or contradicts.