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more careful

ADJECTIVE

cautious; painstaking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate attentive choosy circumspect concerned conscientious deliberate discreet judicious leery meticulous mindful precise prudent rigorous scrupulous sober thorough thoughtful vigilant wary

WEAK

alert apprehensive assiduous chary conservative cool exacting fastidious finicky fussy going to great lengths guarded heedful observant particular playing safe prim protective provident punctilious regardful religious selfdisciplined shy solicitous solid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless false foolish heedless idiotic inaccurate inattentive incautious inconsiderate indiscreet inexact irrational lax loose negligent questionable rash reckless thoughtless uncareful uncaring unscrupulous unwise

WEAK

unconcerned

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more careful

Companies started to realize they need to be more careful about counting their tokens, the units that measure AI use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

He added that "students from the Northeast, who had parents with personal memories of 9/11, were more careful about this, remarking on the sensitivities in their family about the subject."

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

But another young Reform enthusiast rejected that, telling me: "It's all documented and there on camera – Nigel has to be more careful about what party members say."

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

A bold idea, some flawed early studies, a fierce backlash – and then, years later, a quieter, more careful return to the question.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

The lion called out in pain and told the hare to be more careful.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

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