incautious

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Even the animals are distinctive—especially Kōkī, the pet parrot who acts like a Shakespearean fool, squawking incautious truths to Tongan authority.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

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

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

Nina knew she was being incautious, but she couldn’t get the image of those white rooms out of her head.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo