Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcaution
Literary usage of Overcaution
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks by Walter Edward Williams (1995)
"Or they can err on the side of overcaution, creating costly and lengthy drug
approval procedures. ..."
2. History of the Twenty-first Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, in the War by Charles Folsom Walcott (1882)
"These later complaints against McClellan for his slowness and overcaution were
much of a piece with the dissatisfaction in the same quarters at his ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court, George Shall Yerger (1836)
"... that is between the endorser and endorsee; but still, for overcaution, the
legislature of 1786 thought proper to make an express provision. ..."
4. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"It is an urgent necessity, therefore, to proceed conservatively especially during
the first period of treatment; mistakes due to overcaution in ..."
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