incautious

Example Sentences

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He delighted in being candid, blunt, deliberately provocative and incautious.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2022

Nonetheless, its performance has been spotty and sometimes incautious, including revealing less-than-certain intelligence during the war.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Where the other astronauts look upon Glenn as sanctimonious, he finds them incautious.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

And media training seems to have been another incautious palace economy.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019

Washington even suggested that Hunter tell his British case officer that he got the information because American officers “are very incautious in speaking of the strength of their regiments.”

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen