1572. Buchanan, Detection of Mary (1727), 71. Ane Hous … prouydit for ane ȝoung Gentilman unprouydent be ȝouth.
c. 1600. Shaks., Sonn., x. Deny that thou bear’st loue to any, Who for thy selfe art so vnprouident.
1619. J. King, Serm., etc. 39. Hath it made you proud,… and improvident, and unprovident against your enemies?
1658. J. Webb, Cleopatra, VIII. II. 55. Must the unfortunate Alcamenes be ignorant, whence this unprovident ruine comes?
