† uncautelousadj.
Obsolete.
Incautious, unwary.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective]
unwarec897
uncircumspect?1504
incircumspect1531
unwares1548
wareless1562
unwary1579
unwarning1609
incautelous1610
uncharya1616
uncautelous1628
uncanny1638
unguarded1640
uncautious1644
guardless1654
uncautioned1671
incautiousa1703
cautionless1792
unaware1817
1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 2 They may the more insensibly Insinuate..themselues into the Hearts, and Intralls, of vncautelous, and ouer-credulous Christians.
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 284 I would you would advise him to beware of such uncautelous speeches.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 316 Those of Savoy, Swisserland, and many parts of Germany, which abound in Foxes, &c. are the dullest, simplest, and most uncautelous of all their Neighbours.
Derivatives
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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
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 256 He hath laid it down in such terms, that nothing but negligence and uncautelousness can hazard it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1628