guarded
adjective
cautious; careful; prudent.
self-guarded
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a word derived from
guarded.
Example Sentences
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An AI CEO is frictionless by design, which also makes it self-guarded by design.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
All the attractions in the world cannot worm shillings out of a public which is so prudent and canny that it has self-guarded itself by leaving its cash at home!
From The Lady of the Basement Flat by Elizabeth Earnshaw
Ah," continued Beatrice, with a softness of which she was unconscious, but which might have been extremely dangerous to youth less steeled and self-guarded than was Randal Leslie's—"ah, I am less ambitious than you suppose.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
I treated matter with the perfect frankness and credulity which passes away with childhood; and she rewarded me with visions and illusions that are withheld from self-guarded and discreet manhood.
From Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee
Wealth and revenues increased apace and peace and security were self-guarded.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
