incautious

  • 11incautious — adjective done or said without thinking about the possible effects, and therefore causing problems: incautious remarks incautiously adverb …

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  • 12incautious — adjective my uncle s history of incautious behavior is hardly a secret Syn: rash, unwise, careless, heedless, thoughtless, reckless, unthinking, imprudent, misguided, ill advised, ill judged, injudicious, impolitic, unguarded, foolhardy, foolish… …

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  • 13incautious — incautiously, adv. incautiousness, n. /in kaw sheuhs/, adj. not cautious; careless; reckless; heedless. [1695 1705; IN 3 + CAUTIOUS; cf. L incautus in same sense] Syn. rash, brash, hotheaded, headstrong. * * * …

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  • 14incautious — Synonyms and related words: asleep, brash, brazen, brazenfaced, goofing off, hubristic, improvident, imprudent, impudent, indiscreet, injudicious, insolent, napping, nodding, off guard, overbold, overcareless, overconfident, oversure, overweening …

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  • 15incautious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. hasty, reckless, impetuous; see rash . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. unwary, careless, rash, reckless, imprudent, impetuous, injudicious, *devil may care, bold, unthinking, impulsive. ANT.: careful, wary, prudent,… …

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  • 16incautious — in|cau|tious [ ın kɔʃəs ] adjective FORMAL done without thinking first or without using good judgment ╾ in|cau|tious|ly adverb …

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  • 17incautious — in·cau·tious || ɪn kɔːʃəs adj. careless, rash, hasty, lacking caution …

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  • 18incautious — adjective heedless of potential problems or risks. Derivatives incaution noun incautiously adverb incautiousness noun …

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  • 19incautious — a. 1. Unwary, indiscreet, uncircumspect, imprudent, impolitic. 2. Inconsiderate, thoughtless, careless, heedless, negligent, neglectful, headlong, reckless …

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  • 20incautious — adj 1. unwary, unwatchful, unvigi lant, unalert; off guard, unguarded, Inf. asleep on the job, Inf. not on the job, Inf. asleep at the switch or wheel, distracted; unmindful, thoughtless, unthinking, unthoughtful, inattentive, inadvertent,… …

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