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Incautiousness

Incautious \In*cau"tious\, a. [Pref. in- not + cautious: cf. L. incautus.] Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark.

You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread.
--Francis.

His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any incautious reader.
--Keill.

Syn: Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless. -- In*cau"tious*ly, adv. -- In*cau"tious*ness, n.

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incautiousness

n. The quality of being incautious.

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incautiousness

n. the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger [syn: incaution] [ant: caution]

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With characteristic Anglo-Saxon incautiousness he had brought on board, with the rest of his baggage, a case containing no less than thirty pounds of picrate, and had allowed the explosive matter to be stowed in the hold with as little compunction as a Frenchman would feel in smuggling a single bottle of wine.

With the incautiousness of youth he openly avowed his royalist opinions in the cafe which he frequented.