单词 | overcautious |
释义 | overcautious (once / 139051 pages) adj WORD FAMILY overcautious: overcautiously+/caution: cautionary, cautioned, cautioning, cautions, cautious, incaution, precaution/cautious: cautiously, cautiousness, incautious, overcautious/incautious: incautiously, incautiousness/precaution: precautional, precautionary, precautions USAGE EXAMPLESHe’s probably just being overcautious but if they are so put off it also might explain why Liverpool are so infuriatingly inconsistent. The Guardian(Sep 12, 2016) Officials conducting prepublication review encourage overcautious behavior by broadly interpreting what must be reviewed. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2015) And—as we’ve seen with Ebola—fear can lead people and institutions to make irrational, overcautious decisions. Slate(Apr 01, 2015) adj unnecessarily cautious sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business Syn cautious showing careful forethought |
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