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What does prudent mean?

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Adjective
  1. Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; -- opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence;
  2. Practically wise, judicious, shrewd
  3. Frugal; economical; not extravagant;
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The preface, to be sure, shows a perhaps rhetorically prudent ambivalence towards the use of humour in polemic.
This is a wise and prudent course, but it will be politically difficult to achieve.
The meeting also resolved that there was need for prudent investment policies if the region was to develop economically.
You should have at least 16 wontons, more if you are prudent with the filling.
His policies of appeasement leagued him frequently with the prudent Phocion.
On the other hand, it is also prudent for the majority of us to learn from our past mistakes and experiences.

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