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incaution

American  
[in-kaw-shuhn] / ɪnˈkɔ ʃən /

noun

  1. lack of caution; heedlessness; carelessness.


Etymology

Origin of incaution

First recorded in 1705–15; in- 3 + caution


Example Sentences

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Three senior economists at the IMF, an organisation not known for its incaution, published a paper questioning the benefits of neoliberalism.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017

Monk himself plays with deliberate incaution, attacking the piano as if it were a carillon's keyboard or a finely tuned set of 88 drums.

From Time Magazine Archive

No one, however, could accuse the Swedes of haste or incaution last week when they completed this year's science awards, worth $192,000 apiece.

From Time Magazine Archive

Never one to mince words, Dr. Schacht was often frank to the point of incaution.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until the officers sternly warned them of the peril they invited by such noise and incaution, you would have thought they were schoolboys on a lark.

From The Black Watch A Record in Action by Joe Cassells

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