incautious
/ɪnˈkɑʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.58 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution.
Example Sentences
- ""You might have remained so still," replies Jones, "if you had not been unfortunate, I will venture to say incautious, in the placing your affections."
- ""Yes, let 'Sister' Davis have a whack at it too," urged George Bland. Tom Davis, who was Joe Matson's particular chum, was designated "Sister" because, in an incautious moment, when first coming to Excelsior Hall, he had shown a picture of his very pretty sister, Mabel."
- "Pot-plants on spindle-legged stands lurked in wait for an incautious gesture."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English cautious English incautious From in- (negative prefix) + cautious.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˈkɑʃəs/
Inflected Forms
more incautious (comparative)
most incautious (superlative)