overcaution
- a word derived from caution.
Example Sentences
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With a trial this complex, that structure guarantees extensive litigation after the trial and overcaution now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2018
She knew the transition from asset to wreck could be lethally quick, and a consequence of either impatience or overcaution by salvors.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2017
Then again, the alleged “benefits” of Oxitec’s approach—its specificity and its brief course of action—come off as yet another example of mosquito-friendly overcaution.
From Slate • Jan. 29, 2016
Lawyers may be smacking their lips over transport secretary Lord Adonis's brave admission of overcaution.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2010
Once he paused abruptly when a rabbit jumped out of a clump of quaking-aspens, a hundred yards ahead, only to chuckle at his own overcaution.
From Hidden Gold by Anthony, Wilder
