Meaning of INCAUTIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | in'koshus
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- [adj] displaying or feeling no wariness; "an unguarded remark"; "spilled the beans in an incautious moment"
- [adj] without out proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"
- [adj] lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"
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| | Synonyms: | | brainish, careless, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway(a), unguarded, unwary |
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| | Antonyms: | | cautious | | |
| | See Also: | | adventuresome, adventurous | |
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| | Definition: | | \In*cau"tious\, a. [Pref. in- not + cautious: cf. L.
incautus.]
Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the
circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless;
careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.
You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers
overspread. --Francis.
His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any
incautious reader. --Keill.
Syn: Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic;
careless; heedless; thoughtless. -- {In*cau"tious*ly},
adv. -- {In*cau"tious*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | asleep, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, goofing off, hubristic, improvident, imprudent, impudent, indiscreet, injudicious, insolent, napping, nodding, off-guard, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening, rash, sleeping, temerarious, unalert, uncautious, unchary, unguarded, unprepared, unready, unvigilant, unwary, unwatchful |
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