incautiousness

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in·cau·tious

(ĭn-kô′shəs)

adj.

Not cautious; rash.

in·cau′tious·ly adv.

in·cau′tious·ness n.

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Noun

incautiousness - the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger

incaution

carelessness, sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking pains

unwariness - the trait of not being cautious and watchful

imprudence - a lack of caution in practical affairs

incautiousness

noun

Foolhardy boldness or disregard of danger:

brashness, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, temerariousness, temerity.

Translations

عَدَم حَذَر

neopatrnost

ubesindigheduforsigtighed

Unvorsichtigkeit

imprudence

óvarkárni, ógætni

uforsiktighet

dikkatsizlik

轻率

incautious

(inˈkoːʃəs) adjective

acting or done without thinking; not cautious. an incautious action/remark/person.

inˈcautiousness noun

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This is strange indeed, when your eyes have been reproaching them every day for incautiousness."

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It was a thousand pities, indeed; it was impossible for even an enemy to feel otherwise on looking at Tess as she sat there, with her flower-like mouth and large tender eyes, neither black nor blue nor grey nor violet; rather all those shades together, and a hundred others, which could be seen if one looked into their irises--shade behind shade--tint beyond tint--around pupils that had no bottom; an almost standard woman, but for the slight incautiousness of character inherited from her race.

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Even the Parliamentary Labour Party, in a rare fit of incautiousness, took up the cause without any foot-dragging.

Bring back the Institute for Workers' Control: The movement for workers' control in the 1970s was among the most promising of the many roads not taken in the forgotten history of the left

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