incautiousadjective
uk/ɪnˈkɔː.ʃəs/us/ɪnˈkɑː.ʃəs/formalnot showing or giving careful thought to the possible results:
Bill and Sandra haven't spoken to each other since he made an incautious remark about her husband's drinking problem.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing careful thought
- airy
- cuff
- flip
- flippant
- frivolity
- frivolous
- ill-conceived
- lightweight
- off the cuff idiom
- pat
- preconceived
- shallow
- shoot
- shoot from the hip idiom
- skin-deep
- superficial
- thoughtless
- unconsidered
- unthinking
- wild
incautiously
adverb uk/ɪnˈkɔː.ʃəs.li/us/ɪnˈkɑː.ʃəs.li/