caution
noun
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness.
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
But overcaution and frugality aren’t the only malathion application problems.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2011
Lawyers may be smacking their lips over transport secretary Lord Adonis's brave admission of overcaution.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2010
French officers are not inclined to err on the side of overcaution, but on this occasion more than one of them expressed a doubt that the projected British attack would succeed.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
