incautiousness
Example Sentences
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I well remember how, one day, through my incautiousness, I very nearly made the end of a St. Sebastian.
From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
With the incautiousness of youth he openly avowed his royalist opinions in the cafe which he frequented.
From Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers by Samuel Smiles
His head and hand worked well together, and he seldom had to fight his way out of dangers into which his own incautiousness had led him.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
Yet let us not, therefore, blame the inherent love of facts, but 198 the incautiousness of their selection, and impertinence of their statement.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
I warned Laura very seriously against any precipitate attempts, for I saw it was probable this incautiousness would increase, provided it were encouraged.
From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft
