Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not cautious; rash.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not cautious; unwary; not circumspect; heedless.
- Synonyms Indiscreet, imprudent, impolitic, uncircumspect, inconsiderate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless
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- adjective
careless ,reckless , not exercising propercaution
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking in caution
- adjective carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
Etymologies
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Examples
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But hypervigilance isn't a fun state of mind, and blaming rape victims for their "incautious" behavior is tantamount to telling people that it is ALWAYS better to be "safe" than "sorry."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: June 2005 Archives 2005
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But hypervigilance isn't a fun state of mind, and blaming rape victims for their "incautious" behavior is tantamount to telling people that it is ALWAYS better to be "safe" than "sorry."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Womanhood and Risk Management 2005
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Well, I also have studied anthropological questions in my time; and I feel bound to remark, that this assertion of Professor Virchow's appears to me to be a typical example of the kind of incautious over-statement which he so justly reprehends.
Freie wissenschaft und freie lehr. English Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel 1876
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"incautious" for giving in at once to the spirit doctrine.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Traffic can be very, very heavy, especially on highways leading to beaches, and drunk or at best, inexperienced and/or incautious driving is common.
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In London, Wingate continued working feverishly through everyone he knew, including Weizmann and Ben Gurion who were much more phlegmatic and less impetuous and incautious than he, to get a Jewish Army into action.
Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011
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It's a small thing, but it's in small, incautious moments that someone's character is revealed (for the big ones, we're more cautious: people are watching, after all).
NASA's Next Administrator - Charles F. Bolden? - NASA Watch 2009
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In London, Wingate continued working feverishly through everyone he knew, including Weizmann and Ben Gurion who were much more phlegmatic and less impetuous and incautious than he, to get a Jewish Army into action.â¨
Robert Eisenman: Who Killed Orde Wingate? Robert Eisenman 2011
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Traffic can be very, very heavy, especially on highways leading to beaches, and drunk or at best, inexperienced and/or incautious driving is common.
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Traffic can be very, very heavy, especially on highways leading to beaches, and drunk or at best, inexperienced and/or incautious driving is common.
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