overcautious
[ oh-ver-kaw-shuhs ]
adjective
excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
Origin of overcautious
1Other words from overcautious
- o·ver·cau·tious·ly, adverb
- o·ver·cau·tious·ness, noun
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How to use overcautious in a sentence
The honest sensibilities of ingenuous nature should not be checked by the over-cautious maxims of political prudence.
Halleck, on the other extreme, was now doubly over-cautious in his march upon Corinth.
A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln | John G. NicolayRoosevelt, intent on the quarry, was not what Bill Sewall would have called "over-cautious" in the pursuit.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.In his over-cautious policy Macduff was unwilling to move without the concurrence of Malcolm the rightful heir.
Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist | Richard G. MoultonWhy science has been over-cautious; and how it falls short of the full understanding of contact Mind-Reading.
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers | Swami Panchadasi
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