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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

With Japan’s underlying inflation close to the BOJ’s target of 2%, the bank should be more careful about the possibility of inflation overshooting, Ueda said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the bigger lesson from this year's squeeze, he added, is clear: it is a "warning that going forward, we need to be a lot more careful in estimating our sugar crop numbers".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Doctors could potentially use this type of information to identify people who might benefit from additional vaccine doses, more careful follow-up or other protective strategies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

The more perfect the find, the more careful I am to check it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

A more careful examination of the data revealed that Manson was not only too small, but also nine million years too early.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson