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Definition of incautious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incautious

adjective
 
/ɪnˈkɔːʃəs/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːʃəs/
(formal)
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  1. done without thinking carefully about the results; not thinking about what might happen
    • incautious borrowing
    • an incautious young man
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: on the pattern of Latin incautus.
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