单词 | incautious |
释义 | incautiousadj. Not cautious; wanting in caution; careless, heedless, unwary, rash. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] unwarec897 uncircumspect?1504 incircumspect1531 unwares1548 wareless1562 unwary1579 unwarning1609 incautelous1610 uncharya1616 uncautelous1628 uncanny1638 unguarded1640 uncautious1644 guardless1654 uncautioned1671 incautiousa1703 cautionless1792 unaware1817 a1703 J. Pomfret Poet. Wks. (1833) 27 Some swains, I own, impose upon the fair, And lead the' incautious maid into a snare. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Proc. E. India House 101/2 If in an incautious moment that honourable director had written an imprudent letter. 1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms Introd. 2 An incautious employment..of language. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) ii. 33 A single incautious step may be attended with the most fatal consequences. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.a1703 |
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