incautiously

Example Sentences

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“We’re incautiously optimistic—buy hot garbage,” advised none of the big investment firms a year ago in their 2025 outlooks.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

Those dreams range from cautiously optimistic to … incautiously optimistic.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2019

He was hurrying away to make good his promise, when I detained him, alarmed at the effect of incautiously rousing Turkey’s combativeness after dinner.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

In the Sungs’ view, this was a sign of innocence; to the D.A.’s office, it indicated only that the Sungs knew enough not to communicate as incautiously as the more recent immigrants they employed did.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 12, 2015

Though Florence had also been indignant, years before when the slimy water entered her incautiously open mouth, she had done her best not to sputter, and she had not cried out.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin