About The Word Incautious
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Incautious
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What's The Definition Of Incautious?
[adj] displaying or feeling no wariness; "an unguarded remark"; "spilled the beans in an incautious moment"
[adj] without out proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs" [adj] lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk" Synonyms | Synonyms for Incautious: brainish | careless | hotheaded | impetuous | impulsive | madcap | tearaway(a) | unguarded | unwary Related Terms | Find terms related to Incautious: asleep | brash | brazen | brazenfaced | goofing off | hubristic | improvident | imprudent | impudent | indiscreet | injudicious | insolent | napping | nodding | off-guard | overbold | overcareless | overconfident | oversure | overweening | rash | sleeping | temerarious | unalert | uncautious | unchary | unguarded | unprepared | unready | unvigilant | unwary | unwatchful See Also | adventuresome | adventurous Incautious In Webster's Dictionary \In*cau"tious\, a. [Pref. in- not + cautious: cf. L.
incautus.]
Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the
circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless;
careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.
You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers
overspread. --Francis.
His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any
incautious reader. --Keill.
Syn: Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic;
careless; heedless; thoughtless. -- {In*cau"tious*ly},
adv. -- {In*cau"tious*ness}, n.
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