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INCAUTIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carelessly failing to exercise proper caution
Example:
an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs
Classified under:
Similar:
careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)
Derivation:
incautiousness (the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in caution
Example:
incautious talk
Classified under:
Similar:
brainish; hotheaded; impetuous; impulsive; madcap; tearaway (characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation)
Also:
adventuresome; adventurous (willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises)
careless (marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful)
Antonym:
cautious (showing careful forethought)
