incautious

[in-kaw-shuhs]

adjective

1. not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless.

   Synonyms: headstrong, hotheaded, brash, rash

incautious

/ ɪnˈkɔːʃəs /

adjective

1. not careful or cautious

Other Word Forms

• incautiously adverb
• incautiousness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of incautious¹

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

Example Sentences

Even the animals are distinctive—especially Kōkī, the pet parrot who acts like a Shakespearean fool, squawking incautious truths to Tongan authority.

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Still, it was an inappropriate, incautious statement from a Supreme Court justice who should have known better.

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He is staggeringly incautious and repetitive, as if saying something often and loud enough will make it true.

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He delighted in being candid, blunt, deliberately provocative and incautious.

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It’s difficult to think of a precedent for such a display of raw, intimate and incautious anger, especially at an event known for its glamorous but choreographed formality.

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