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incautious

[ in-kaw-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.

    Synonyms: , , ,



incautious

/ ɪˈɔːʃə /

adjective

  1. not careful or cautious
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳپdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈܳپdzܲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·tdzܲ· adverb
  • ·tdzܲ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of incautious1

1695–1705; in- 3 + cautious; compare Latin incautus in same sense
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Still, it was an inappropriate, incautious statement from a Supreme Court justice who should have known better.

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He is staggeringly incautious and repetitive, as if saying something often and loud enough will make it true.

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He delighted in being candid, blunt, deliberately provocative and incautious.

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It’s difficult to think of a precedent for such a display of raw, intimate and incautious anger, especially at an event known for its glamorous but choreographed formality.

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It is impossible, she argues, to cure ourselves either of vulnerability or the yearning to be incautious as sexual beings and restless intellects.

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