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incautious, a.|ɪnˈkɔːʃəs|
[f. in-3 + cautious, after L. incautus, etc.]
Not cautious; wanting in caution; careless, heedless, unwary, rash.
a1703Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 27 Some swains, I own, impose upon the fair, And lead the' incautious maid into a snare. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Proc. E. Ind. Ho. 101/2 If in an incautious moment that honourable director had written an imprudent letter. 1832Lewis Use & Ab. Pol. Terms Introd. 2 An incautious employment..of language. 1867H. Macmillan Bible Teach. ii. (1870) 33 A single incautious step may be attended with the most fatal consequences. |