incautious

C2 Topic:Safety & Risk
US /ɪnˈkɑʃəs/ UK /ɪnˈkɔːʃəs/
adj Freq #122692

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not sufficiently cautious; acting or speaking without proper care

    One incautious remark revealed the confidential plan.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not sufficiently cautious;... carelessheedlessimprudentreckless
Opposites
Word family
Forms incautiously
Derived forms incautiouslyincautiousness
Related forms cautioncautious

Etymology

Formed from negative in- + cautious. Cautious comes from Latin cautus ("careful"), the past participle of cavere ("to beware").

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