Definition of Incautious

1. Adjective. Lacking in caution. "Incautious talk"


2. Adjective. Carelessly failing to exercise proper caution. "An incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"
Similar to: Careless
Derivative terms: Incautiousness

Definition of Incautious

1. a. Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

Definition of Incautious

1. Adjective. careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incautious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incautious

incase
incased
incases
incasing
incask
incasked
incasking
incasks
incastellated
incastelled
incatenation
incaution
incautions
incautious (current term)
incautiously
incautiousness
incavated
incavation
incavations
incave
incaved
incaverned
incaves
incavi
incaving
incavity
incavo
ince

Literary usage of Incautious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"Satire on incautious Journalists.* AJ, May 5.—Sir, In a Time when so many of your Brethren Typographers are in a State of Tribulation, I cannot see but if ..."

2. The coral island by Robert Michael Ballantyne (1884)
"... end of the black cat—A terrible dive—An incautious proceeding and a frightful catastrophe. LIFE is a strange compound. Peterkin used to say of it, ..."

3. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"Whether the incautious conduct of the plaintiff will excuse the negligence of the defendant, see 1 QB 29 ; 4 Perr. ..."

4. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1884)
"The point should never be used, nor the blade turned downwards against the artery, as an incautious movement, or the mere pulsation of the vessel, ..."

5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"... adopted either to disguise a penury of thought, to divert the incautious from essential truths, or to create a momentary sensation. ..."

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