as in carefulness
a close attentiveness to avoiding danger
you should have shown a little more guardedness about sharing personal information with someone you just met online
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Recent Examples of guardedness
At this point, arguments become a predictable mix of hostility, guardedness and mockery.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardedness
Noun
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Just as essential a consideration as carefulness for committee members, though, is speed.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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These require wearing full protective clothing and should be used with caution.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Ben Rhodes, the two-time series champion, crashed into the wall on Lap 3 with heavy contact as his back bumper got into the tire barrier, bringing out the first caution — and only natural one until the final laps of regulation — of the race.—
Shane Connuck
October 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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While the exact date of the ownership change is still unknown, operations will shift under the United Community Center — including a new age cap of 3 years for on-campus care and a schedule that no longer aligns with Alverno’s academic breaks.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, a boom-and-bust cycle in the early 2000s informs some of the company’s prudence on expansion.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Taiwan’s military should exercise prudence in its rules of engagement and not assume that every close call is intentional.—
JOEL WUTHNOW,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Sep. 2025
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And yet a new revolution precipitated by the betrayals of an older uprising ought to prompt us to view what is now unfolding in Nepal, despite its appearance of promise, with at least a modicum of wariness.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Patients are sharing this wariness.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Viewer Reactions Instagram users instantly flocked to the video, touched by Rusty's attentiveness and curiosity.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Both audiences can struggle with attentiveness, want to be led, and ultimately just want to have fun.—
Nina West
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Redford rebelled against his father’s cautiousness and indeed against all expectations, even after the family moved to the more upscale Van Nuys.—
Stephen Galloway,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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The cautiousness in spending extends to teachers That cautiousness in spending extends to teachers.—
Adrienne Roberts,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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There’s much more circumspection in Alan than people give him credit for.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Guardedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardedness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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