Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business
Derived forms
overcautiously
adverb
overcautiousness
noun
Word origin
[1700–10; over- + cautious]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cozy, emphatic, envelope, marquise, sliding scaleover- is a prefixal use of over, occurring in various senses in compounds (overboard; overcoat; overhang; overlap; overlord; overrun; overthrow), and especially employed, with the sense of “over the limit,” “to excess,” “toomuch,” “too,” to form verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and nouns (overact; overcapitalize; overcrowd; overfull; overmuch; oversupply; overweight), and many others, mostly self-explanatory: a hyphen, which is commonly absent fromold or well-established formations, is sometimes used in new coinages or in any wordswhose component parts it may be desirable to set off distinctly
Examples of 'overcautious' in a sentence
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It also made teachers and lecturers overcautious.
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In many cases, lenders have been overcautious.
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Perhaps, but likely as not he is being overcautious.
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The suspicion, though, must be that the numbers in the market were left overcautious.
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But being overcautious can lead to danger.
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Don't fall into the trap of being overcautious.
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And in the current climate of falling property prices, valuers are being overcautious.
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Were we overcautious in adopting a six-day blanket flying ban?