'Incautious' definitions:
Definition of 'incautious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk" [ant: cautious]
adjective
Carelessly failing to exercise proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"
Definition of 'Incautious'
From: GCIDE
- Incautious \In*cau"tious\, a. [Pref. in- not + cautious: cf. L. incautus.] Not cautious; not circumspect; not attending to the circumstances on which safety and interest depend; heedless; careless; as, an incautious step; an incautious remark. [1913 Webster]
- You . . . incautious tread On fire with faithless embers overspread. --Francis. [1913 Webster]
- His rhetorical expressions may easily captivate any incautious reader. --Keill.
- Syn: Unwary; indiscreet; inconsiderate; imprudent; impolitic; careless; heedless; thoughtless. -- {In*cau"tious*ly}, adv. -- {In*cau"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incautious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asleep,
- brash,
- brazen,
- brazenfaced,
- goofing off,
- hubristic,
- improvident,
- imprudent,
- impudent,
- indiscreet,
- injudicious,
- insolent,
- napping,
- nodding,
- off-guard,
- overbold,
- overcareless,
- overconfident,
- oversure,
- overweening,
- rash,
- sleeping,
- temerarious,
- unalert,
- uncautious,
- unchary,
- unguarded,
- unprepared,
- unready,
- unvigilant,
- unwary,
- unwatchful