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Meaning of "incautious" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INCAUTIOUS

incautious  [ɪnˈkɔːʃəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INCAUTIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Incautious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INCAUTIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of incautious in the English dictionary

The definition of incautious in the dictionary is not careful or cautious.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INCAUTIOUS


andromonoecious
ˌændrəʊmɒˈniːʃəs
autecious
ɔːˈtiːʃəs
autoecious
ɔːˈtiːʃəs
cautious
ˈkɔːʃəs
Confucius
kənˈfjuːʃəs
facetious
fəˈsiːʃəs
gynodioecious
ˌɡaɪnəʊdaɪˈiːʃəs
heteroecious
ˌhɛtəˈriːʃəs
hypercautious
ˌhaɪpəˈkɔːʃəs
monecious
mɒˈniːʃəs
overcautious
ˌəʊvəˈkɔːʃəs
parecious
pəˈriːʃəs
paroecious
pəˈriːʃəs
precautious
priːˈkɔːʃəs
specious
ˈspiːʃəs
supercautious
ˌsuːpərˈkɔːʃəs
tertius
ˈtɜːʃəs
tortious
ˈtɔːʃəs
ultracautious
ˌʌltrəˈkɔːʃəs
Ushas
ˈuːʃəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INCAUTIOUS

incapsulate
incapsulation
incarcerate
incarceration
incarcerator
incardinate
incardination
incarnadine
incarnate
incarnation
incarvillea
incase
incasement
incatenate
incatenation
incaution
incautiously
incautiousness
incave
incavo

WORDS THAT END LIKE INCAUTIOUS

ambitious
captious
conscientious
contentious
delicious
expeditious
factitious
fictitious
flirtatious
infectious
licentious
nutritious
ostentatious
pretentious
rambunctious
scrumptious
superstitious
tendentious
unambitious
unpretentious
vexatious

Synonyms and antonyms of incautious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INCAUTIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «incautious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of incautious

Translation of «incautious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INCAUTIOUS

Find out the translation of incautious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of incautious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «incautious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不谨慎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

incauto
570 millions of speakers

English

incautious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असावधान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غافل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неосторожное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

incauto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসতর্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

imprudent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak sengaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unvorsichtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無謀な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora biso dipercoyo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không suy nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அஜாக்கிரதையான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गाफील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tedbirsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incauto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieostrożny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

необережне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imprudent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απρόσεκτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onversigtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförsiktig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uforsiktige
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of incautious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAUTIOUS»

The term «incautious» is regularly used and occupies the 103.076 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INCAUTIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about incautious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INCAUTIOUS»

Discover the use of incautious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to incautious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An incautious man: the life of Gouverneur Morris
In An Incautious Man, historian Melanie Miller provides a succinct but sophisticated recounting of the life of one of our lesser-known but most engaging Founding Fathers: Gouverneur Morris.
Melanie Randolph Miller, 2008
2
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
Commits her eggs incautious to the dust, Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 791. =8711, Indiscreet, imprudent, impolitic, uncircumspect, inconsiderate. incautiously (iu-ka'shuB-li), adv. In an incautious manner ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1889
3
Cases Determined by the St. Louis, Kansas City and ...
1 blance to the trademark of the plaintiff to deceive even the incautious and unwary among the retail purchasers of this species of goods. With both of these questions in mind, I have examined this record with great care, reading every line of it, ...
Missouri. Courts of appeals, 1893
4
A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors
V. Heedless and incautious acts. Blow aimed at one person kills another. Acts generally incautious. Cases where the Killing takes place in the Prosecution of some other Criminal, Unlawful, or Wanton Act. It has been shewn, that where from an ...
Sir William Oldnall Russell, 1826
5
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
2 syn IRRESPONSIBLE, careless, reckless, incautious, reckless, uncareful, wild careful adj I syn CAUTIOUS, calculating, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, gingerly, guarded, safe, wary rel attentive, heedful, observant 2 closely ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
6
Our Stories: Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will
Real betrayals, as we have come to know them, are like the incautious firings of guns: if they do not on some particular occasions have bad consequences, then they are at least very risky. And so we invoke precautions which, on the basis of ...
John Martin Fischer, 2009
7
What's Stopping You Being More Confident
Extraversion. –. the. incautious. personality. Yet courage should not be confused with extraversion (also spelt extroversion) despite generating seemingly-similar external behaviours. In fact, extraversion is a personality type: one half of the ...
Robert Kelsey, 2012
8
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
Commits her eggs incautious to the dust, Forgetful that the foot may crush the trust. Camper, Tirocinium, 1. 791. = Syn. Indiscreet, imprudent, impolitic, uncircumspect, inconsiderate. incautiously (in-ka'shus-li), adv. lit an incautious manner; ...
‎1911
9
The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete ...
Want of caution; heedlessness. Lest through incaution falling thou may'st be A Joy to others, a reproach to mc. Pope. Incautious (in-kn'shus), a. [Prefix in, not, and cautious.] Not cautious; unwary; not circumspect; heedless; not attending to the ...
John Ogilvie, Charles Annandale, 1883
10
The Medical and Surgical Reporter
The lesson I would draw from these facts is the importance of becoming acquainted with the deleterious as well as the beneficial effects of an article, so that we may guard ourselves against those accidents that will follow the incautious or ...
‎1893

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INCAUTIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term incautious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trevor Nunn's Volpone reviewed: Henry Goodman bewitches the …
Goodman also doubles as Scoto, a travelling pedlar, who dupes incautious buyers with fake medicines. He's supported by a wily chief-of-staff, ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Bulgarian Picturing on display at Alfa Art Gallery
... and neglected corners, proffering gifts and insights both marvelous and hazardous, and bearing warnings for the incautious and the remiss. «MyCentralJersey.com, Jul 15»
3
A Fearful Frenzy: The Art Market Now - The New Yorker
... the conventional wisdom that the art bubble, like other kinds, must rely on a growing but finally not inexhaustible pool of incautious investors, ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
4
APC - Fresh Boko Haram Attacks, Desperate Pangs of a Dying …
... the Nigerian military, "he would not have made the kind of partisan and incautious comments attributed to him - and which he has not denied. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Bucks deck themselves out with impressive antlers during summer
Deer become incautious, with does leaping onto the highway as bucks trail them in hot pursuit. As the rutting reaches full swing, we see more ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Borough takes fireworks ban to heart: By remaining vigilant, no …
related injuries to attend to in addition to their usual workload, as incautious behavior with sparklers and shells usually results in at least a few ... «Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jul 15»
7
On safari with Damian Aspinall - in Kent
John Aspinall loved nothing more than frolicking with his tigers, gorillas and elephants, but his incautious approach to safety made Howletts ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Peaches drug death investigation closed
... a heroin overdose at her London home in September 2000 in what a coroner at the time described as "foolish and incautious" behaviour. «UTV Ireland, Jul 15»
9
Deep in the brome grass
I've been incautious in approaching and I've missed him for the day. However a few moments later he surfaces, swims a bit and then slaps his ... «Walker Pilot Independent, Jul 15»
10
Yes, let's get rid of 'no ball games' signs – but it won't solve our …
... the grounds that estate-dwelling children would turn the greens into “hardened mud, with footballs whizzing past the noses of the incautious”. «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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