incautionn.
/ɪnˈkɔːʃən/ Want of caution; carelessness, heedlessness, unwariness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun]
unwarenessa1425
unware1475
unwariness1544
incircumspectness1568
uncircumspection1598
incautelousness1640
incircumspection1646
uncautelousnessa1656
uncautiousness1672
incaution1720
incautiousness1811
unguardedness1818
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 415 Lest thro' Incaution failing, thou may'st be A Joy to others, a Reproach to me.
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 439 That disease..quickly spreads, from incaution, to the houses of their more opulent neighbours.
1884 S. Horner & J. Horner Walks in Florence (ed. 2) I. xxi. 312 The accusation arose from the incaution of one of the monks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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