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

Hon also didn’t think of the Kraffts as incautious.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

It’s difficult to think of a precedent for such a display of raw, intimate and incautious anger, especially at an event known for its glamorous but choreographed formality.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

Where the other astronauts look upon Glenn as sanctimonious, he finds them incautious.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2020

Now, though, because of Matt’s incautious remark, the old man was roaming around the house by himself.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer