overcautious
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The collective impact of all of this neurotic, overcautious hand-wringing was to communicate indifference to the voters.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025
But Alan Rusbridger, who sits on Meta's Oversight Board, says the industry has been "overcautious" in its moderation.
From BBC • May 31, 2023
“I think it’s overcautious, but I see where they are coming from,” said Mike Levay, 25, a digital properties manager in Philadelphia who was walking through the city’s main Amtrak station on Monday morning.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022
He added that the “leadership has seemed overcautious in some of its statements,” but added that “much of the real, essential work of the WHO” goes on at lower, professional levels.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2020
The first two boys to face the varsity players were both overcautious, spareboned, young, and fearful of sudden error and humiliation.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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