incautious

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

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

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