Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: prudential
IPA transcription: [pɹud'ɛnʃəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: prudential
    Meaning: arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons"
Usage examples
  • For prudential reasons it was deemed desirable to separate the party, to send some one way and some another.
  • Turner differed widely with his master with reference to this question, although, for prudential reasons, he chose not to give his opinion to said Mosen.
  • There must be some length of time and amount of experience, after which a moral or prudential truth may be regarded as established: and it is merely desired to prevent generation after generation from falling over the same precipice which has been fatal to their predecessors.