† incircumspectionn.
Obsolete.
Want of circumspection; heedlessness, unwariness.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [noun]
unwarenessa1425
unware1475
unwariness1544
incircumspectness1568
uncircumspection1598
incautelousness1640
incircumspection1646
uncautelousnessa1656
uncautiousness1672
incaution1720
incautiousness1811
unguardedness1818
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 45 Whereby he more easily led away the incercumspection of their beliefe. View more context for this quotation
1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 33 He did it..through heedlessness and incircumspection.
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