incautiousness
- a word derived from incautious.
Example Sentences
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Ruth suspected that she had done a dangerous thing in mentioning the matter, and she regretted her incautiousness; though she did not see where the danger lay.
From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold
His head and hand worked well together, and he seldom had to fight his way out of dangers into which his own incautiousness had led him.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
"The incautiousness of these conspirators has already saved you, empress," said Lestocq.
From The Daughter of an Empress by Greene, Nathaniel
I warned Laura very seriously against any precipitate attempts, for I saw it was probable this incautiousness would increase, provided it were encouraged.
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
Thus incautiousness and incircumspection are included in "thoughtlessness"; lack of docility, memory, or reason is referable to "precipitation"; improvidence, lack of intelligence and of shrewdness, belong to "negligence" and "inconstancy."
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
