Definition of incautious in English:

incautious

adjective ɪnˈkɔːʃəsɪnˈkɔʃəs

(of a person or an action) heedless of potential problems or risks.
he blames incautious borrowing during the boom
Example sentencesExamples
- Lest any misunderstanding should remain - and it is likely that I have sometimes used incautious language in presenting the theistic case - I must stress the following points.
- He would be incautious in dipping his pen into his inkstand.
- And a senior official from the Economic Development and Trade Ministry called the idea ‘very incautious.’
- Some people in society refuse to understand me, saying that I was incautious for going out at night.
- What shall I do in such fearful combat, weak, incautious, divided in myself?
- Because the potential costs of an incautious filibuster are so obvious, the Democrats have opted not to filibuster even in situations where the temptation to employ the tactic must have been strong.
- I will explain how this came about, since I still cannot believe that I was so incautious as to assent when the Lord asked me to come down.
- To force all the cultural developments of a complex age into a single pattern might seem incautious.
- An upright young man, with an ardent heart, but without wealth, and temperamentally incautious, such as you are, will always be a tool of faction, or a victim of the powerful.
- This city's history makes it wide open, accepting, perhaps incautious and that makes London a perfect target for the psychopathic criminal nihilists but it also makes it a robust and adaptable entity.
- Each entry is a jewel, mostly a dark jewel in a darkened setting but now and again catching a burst of full sunlight and flashing with a brilliance fit to blind the incautious or the hasty.
- A carefully structured and deliberated response can be shattered into pieces in a few seconds by an incautious word over the telephone.
- But western leaders, commercial opportunists, and incautious journalists, want us to believe what we cannot see.
- We await incautious politicians with the courage to pursue their unfashionable convictions.
- My optimism may seem incautious, but it starts from an appreciation of how dynamic capitalism evolves continuously from its own restless energies.
- But it's not necessarily the case that one thinks that all the American people are wrong-headed or that they're being incautious or ignorant of another culture.
- In a later interview he judged that his earlier assertions about freedom were incautious; but he still held that in the end one is always responsible for what is made of one in some absolute sense.
- He said the UK, despite Tory claims that he had been incautious, had met his forecasts for growth which was 2.3 per cent last year.
- The UK's international alliances could be damaged by the incautious assertion of arguments under international law which affect the position of those other states.
- Such incautious uses of language, which recur throughout the book, are irritating flaws in a scholarly work.
Synonyms
rash, unwise, careless, heedless, thoughtless, reckless, unthinking, imprudent, misguided, ill-advised, ill-judged, injudicious, impolitic, unguarded, foolhardy, foolish
unwary, unwatchful, off-guard, inattentive, unobservant
informal asleep on the job, asleep at the wheel, leading with one's chin

Derivatives

incaution

noun ɪŋˈkɔːʃnɪnˈkɔʃən

mass noun

Failure to heed potential problems or risks.
overfamiliarity bred incaution
Example sentencesExamples
- If the secret is corroborated or if there is proof that a professed strategic direction may be an actual one, then the good strategist uses the enemy's incaution as a gift of knowledge.
- Because it can be used to justify both precaution and incaution, it can also be used to plead either necessity (we have no choice) or discretion (we have to make a choice), or both, depending on the circumstances.
- Kokokda had been quite good, very fast and strong, but much too full of bravado and incaution.

incautiously

adverb ɪnˈkɔːʃəsliɪnˈkɔʃəsli

‘But you are a character in one of them,’ my friend incautiously remarked.
Example sentencesExamples
- At a dinner party in New York once, when conversation got around to what we would like to have been doing if fate hadn't directed us into doing what we did, I incautiously said I would like to have been an actor.
- I cannot overlook the fact that he is a man of 77 and may, during the course of his evidence, on occasion have said things incautiously.
- She was naïve and incautiously bold, inserting herself into affairs that she little understood, until at last she had come to the Source of all things in this world and was overmatched.
- He admitted that we had been too democratic, but was afraid that we should incautiously run to the other extreme.

incautiousness

noun ɪnˈkɔːʃəsnəsɪnˈkɔʃəsnəs

Anyway, I was interested in what Margaret Drabble thought and felt and rather admired her incautiousness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny.

Origin

Mid 17th century: on the pattern of Latin incautus.

Definition of incautious in US English:

incautious

adjectiveinˈkôSHəsɪnˈkɔʃəs

Heedless of potential problems or risks.
he blames incautious borrowing during the boom
Example sentencesExamples
- Lest any misunderstanding should remain - and it is likely that I have sometimes used incautious language in presenting the theistic case - I must stress the following points.
- And a senior official from the Economic Development and Trade Ministry called the idea ‘very incautious.’
- Such incautious uses of language, which recur throughout the book, are irritating flaws in a scholarly work.
- My optimism may seem incautious, but it starts from an appreciation of how dynamic capitalism evolves continuously from its own restless energies.
- Some people in society refuse to understand me, saying that I was incautious for going out at night.
- In a later interview he judged that his earlier assertions about freedom were incautious; but he still held that in the end one is always responsible for what is made of one in some absolute sense.
- Because the potential costs of an incautious filibuster are so obvious, the Democrats have opted not to filibuster even in situations where the temptation to employ the tactic must have been strong.
- He said the UK, despite Tory claims that he had been incautious, had met his forecasts for growth which was 2.3 per cent last year.
- We await incautious politicians with the courage to pursue their unfashionable convictions.
- An upright young man, with an ardent heart, but without wealth, and temperamentally incautious, such as you are, will always be a tool of faction, or a victim of the powerful.
- But it's not necessarily the case that one thinks that all the American people are wrong-headed or that they're being incautious or ignorant of another culture.
- The UK's international alliances could be damaged by the incautious assertion of arguments under international law which affect the position of those other states.
- This city's history makes it wide open, accepting, perhaps incautious and that makes London a perfect target for the psychopathic criminal nihilists but it also makes it a robust and adaptable entity.
- Each entry is a jewel, mostly a dark jewel in a darkened setting but now and again catching a burst of full sunlight and flashing with a brilliance fit to blind the incautious or the hasty.
- What shall I do in such fearful combat, weak, incautious, divided in myself?
- To force all the cultural developments of a complex age into a single pattern might seem incautious.
- A carefully structured and deliberated response can be shattered into pieces in a few seconds by an incautious word over the telephone.
- I will explain how this came about, since I still cannot believe that I was so incautious as to assent when the Lord asked me to come down.
- But western leaders, commercial opportunists, and incautious journalists, want us to believe what we cannot see.
- He would be incautious in dipping his pen into his inkstand.
Synonyms
rash, unwise, careless, heedless, thoughtless, reckless, unthinking, imprudent, misguided, ill-advised, ill-judged, injudicious, impolitic, unguarded, foolhardy, foolish

Origin

Mid 17th century: on the pattern of Latin incautus.

单词	incautious
释义	Definition of incautious in English: incautious adjective ɪnˈkɔːʃəsɪnˈkɔʃəs (of a person or an action) heedless of potential problems or risks. he blames incautious borrowing during the boom Example sentencesExamples Lest any misunderstanding should remain - and it is likely that I have sometimes used incautious language in presenting the theistic case - I must stress the following points. He would be incautious in dipping his pen into his inkstand. And a senior official from the Economic Development and Trade Ministry called the idea ‘very incautious.’ Some people in society refuse to understand me, saying that I was incautious for going out at night. What shall I do in such fearful combat, weak, incautious, divided in myself? Because the potential costs of an incautious filibuster are so obvious, the Democrats have opted not to filibuster even in situations where the temptation to employ the tactic must have been strong. I will explain how this came about, since I still cannot believe that I was so incautious as to assent when the Lord asked me to come down. To force all the cultural developments of a complex age into a single pattern might seem incautious. An upright young man, with an ardent heart, but without wealth, and temperamentally incautious, such as you are, will always be a tool of faction, or a victim of the powerful. This city's history makes it wide open, accepting, perhaps incautious and that makes London a perfect target for the psychopathic criminal nihilists but it also makes it a robust and adaptable entity. Each entry is a jewel, mostly a dark jewel in a darkened setting but now and again catching a burst of full sunlight and flashing with a brilliance fit to blind the incautious or the hasty. A carefully structured and deliberated response can be shattered into pieces in a few seconds by an incautious word over the telephone. But western leaders, commercial opportunists, and incautious journalists, want us to believe what we cannot see. We await incautious politicians with the courage to pursue their unfashionable convictions. My optimism may seem incautious, but it starts from an appreciation of how dynamic capitalism evolves continuously from its own restless energies. But it's not necessarily the case that one thinks that all the American people are wrong-headed or that they're being incautious or ignorant of another culture. In a later interview he judged that his earlier assertions about freedom were incautious; but he still held that in the end one is always responsible for what is made of one in some absolute sense. He said the UK, despite Tory claims that he had been incautious, had met his forecasts for growth which was 2.3 per cent last year. The UK's international alliances could be damaged by the incautious assertion of arguments under international law which affect the position of those other states. Such incautious uses of language, which recur throughout the book, are irritating flaws in a scholarly work. Synonyms rash, unwise, careless, heedless, thoughtless, reckless, unthinking, imprudent, misguided, ill-advised, ill-judged, injudicious, impolitic, unguarded, foolhardy, foolish unwary, unwatchful, off-guard, inattentive, unobservant informal asleep on the job, asleep at the wheel, leading with one's chin Derivatives incaution noun ɪŋˈkɔːʃnɪnˈkɔʃən mass noun Failure to heed potential problems or risks. overfamiliarity bred incaution Example sentencesExamples If the secret is corroborated or if there is proof that a professed strategic direction may be an actual one, then the good strategist uses the enemy's incaution as a gift of knowledge. Because it can be used to justify both precaution and incaution, it can also be used to plead either necessity (we have no choice) or discretion (we have to make a choice), or both, depending on the circumstances. Kokokda had been quite good, very fast and strong, but much too full of bravado and incaution. incautiously adverb ɪnˈkɔːʃəsliɪnˈkɔʃəsli ‘But you are a character in one of them,’ my friend incautiously remarked. Example sentencesExamples At a dinner party in New York once, when conversation got around to what we would like to have been doing if fate hadn't directed us into doing what we did, I incautiously said I would like to have been an actor. I cannot overlook the fact that he is a man of 77 and may, during the course of his evidence, on occasion have said things incautiously. She was naïve and incautiously bold, inserting herself into affairs that she little understood, until at last she had come to the Source of all things in this world and was overmatched. He admitted that we had been too democratic, but was afraid that we should incautiously run to the other extreme. incautiousness noun ɪnˈkɔːʃəsnəsɪnˈkɔʃəsnəs Anyway, I was interested in what Margaret Drabble thought and felt and rather admired her incautiousness. Example sentencesExamples Investors in growing enterprises have repented of their boom-era zeal and incautiousness, and are now subjecting every deal to microscopic scrutiny. Origin Mid 17th century: on the pattern of Latin incautus. Definition of incautious in US English: incautious adjectiveinˈkôSHəsɪnˈkɔʃəs Heedless of potential problems or risks. he blames incautious borrowing during the boom Example sentencesExamples Lest any misunderstanding should remain - and it is likely that I have sometimes used incautious language in presenting the theistic case - I must stress the following points. And a senior official from the Economic Development and Trade Ministry called the idea ‘very incautious.’ Such incautious uses of language, which recur throughout the book, are irritating flaws in a scholarly work. My optimism may seem incautious, but it starts from an appreciation of how dynamic capitalism evolves continuously from its own restless energies. Some people in society refuse to understand me, saying that I was incautious for going out at night. In a later interview he judged that his earlier assertions about freedom were incautious; but he still held that in the end one is always responsible for what is made of one in some absolute sense. Because the potential costs of an incautious filibuster are so obvious, the Democrats have opted not to filibuster even in situations where the temptation to employ the tactic must have been strong. He said the UK, despite Tory claims that he had been incautious, had met his forecasts for growth which was 2.3 per cent last year. We await incautious politicians with the courage to pursue their unfashionable convictions. An upright young man, with an ardent heart, but without wealth, and temperamentally incautious, such as you are, will always be a tool of faction, or a victim of the powerful. But it's not necessarily the case that one thinks that all the American people are wrong-headed or that they're being incautious or ignorant of another culture. The UK's international alliances could be damaged by the incautious assertion of arguments under international law which affect the position of those other states. This city's history makes it wide open, accepting, perhaps incautious and that makes London a perfect target for the psychopathic criminal nihilists but it also makes it a robust and adaptable entity. Each entry is a jewel, mostly a dark jewel in a darkened setting but now and again catching a burst of full sunlight and flashing with a brilliance fit to blind the incautious or the hasty. What shall I do in such fearful combat, weak, incautious, divided in myself? To force all the cultural developments of a complex age into a single pattern might seem incautious. A carefully structured and deliberated response can be shattered into pieces in a few seconds by an incautious word over the telephone. I will explain how this came about, since I still cannot believe that I was so incautious as to assent when the Lord asked me to come down. But western leaders, commercial opportunists, and incautious journalists, want us to believe what we cannot see. He would be incautious in dipping his pen into his inkstand. Synonyms rash, unwise, careless, heedless, thoughtless, reckless, unthinking, imprudent, misguided, ill-advised, ill-judged, injudicious, impolitic, unguarded, foolhardy, foolish Origin Mid 17th century: on the pattern of Latin incautus.
随便看	throw oneself at someone's feet throw oneself down throw oneself into throw oneself into throw oneself into something throw oneself on throw oneself on mercy throw oneself on (or upon) throw oneself on (or upon) throw oneself on sb's mercy throw oneself on somebody's mercy throw oneself on someone's mercy throw oneself on someone's mercy throw oneself upon throw one's hand in throw one's hand in throw one's hat in (or into) the ring throw one's hat in (or into) the ring throw one's hat in the ring throw one's hat into the ring throw one's money about throw one's money about/around throw one's money about/around throw one's money around throw one's toys out of the pram