Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Improvidence \Im*prov"i*dence\, n. [L. improvidentia; OF.
   improvidence. Cf. {Imprudence}.]
   The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or
   thrift.

         The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me
         inhuman.                                 --L'Estrange.

Source : WordNet®

improvidence
     n : a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of
         resources [syn: {shortsightedness}] [ant: {providence}]