incautious

Example Sentences

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Still, it was an inappropriate, incautious statement from a Supreme Court justice who should have known better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

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

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Mr. Biden, as rendered by Mr. Biden, is a particularly vivid character, unguarded and at times politically incautious.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2020

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019

Although he was rash, untutored in the ways of the backcountry, and incautious to the point of foolhardiness, he wasn’t incompetent—he wouldn’t have lasted 113 days if he were.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer