incautious

[ in-kaw-shuhs ]

/ ɪnˈkɔ ʃəs /

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adjective

not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.

OTHER WORDS FOR incautious

rash, brash, hotheaded, headstrong.

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Origin of incautious

1695–1705; in-³ + cautious; compare Latin incautus in same sense

OTHER WORDS FROM incautious

in·cau·tious·ly, adverbin·cau·tious·ness, noun

Words nearby incautious

incarnation, incarvillea, Incas, incase, incaution, incautious, Ince, incel, in cement, incendiarism, incendiary

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How to use incautious in a sentence

After all, the heaviest attacks on Hagel were directed at his views on Israel and his incautious comments about its supporters.
How the Chuck Hagel Fight Changed the American Jewish Landscape in Washington|J. J. Goldberg|August 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In an incautious moment, influenced by the idea of saving her bread-and-butter, Mrs Pike gave up the key.
Digby Heathcote|W.H.G. Kingston
They feared she might be incautious, and for that reason Oberg made the villainous suggestion of the yachting trip.
The Czar's Spy|William Le Queux
Those were slow, silent, often turbid; flowing over beds of mud into which the incautious wader might sink and vanish unawares.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles|Thomas Hardy

Or, was the peace only a prelude to the massacre—a skilfully devised snare to entrap incautious and credulous enemies?
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Rifles flashed, and incautious heads or hands were struck, and somewhere or other the cannon were always muttering.
The Hosts of the Air|Joseph A. Altsheler

British Dictionary definitions for incautious

incautious

/ (ɪnˈkɔːʃəs) /

adjective

not careful or cautious

Derived forms of incautious

incautiously, adverbincautiousness or incaution, noun

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