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Recent Examples of incautious Nationalists call on the state to punish disloyal actors, such as Western brands, Chinese feminists, and incautious celebrities. Chang Che, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024 Yet that may send the message that both borrowers and lenders can continue pursuing incautious practices in the expectation of a bailout. Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023 His father, Chuck, played with an incautious tenacity by Patton Oswalt, has been desperately trying to get a hold of him. Mike Postalakis, SPIN, 8 Aug. 2022 And of course, panic made people incautious. Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for incautious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incautious
Adjective
  • Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
    Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Young Christoph wrote in the knowledge that Bonhoeffer’s correspondence was being monitored and that a careless word could have fatal consequences.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The New Brunswick house also possessed a history of building code violations and officials have since declared the building to be an unsafe structure, according to NJ Advance Media.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In making the rule, the CPSC said there were 17 deaths in 2020 and at least 17 deaths in 2021 because of the contribution to unsafe sleeping conditions of infant loungers.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Pacheco-Meza was charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence, while Morales-Martinez was charged with drug possession and a weapons offense.
    Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • She is charged with murder, carrying a firearm while under the influence, risk of injury to a child and first-degree reckless endangerment, and is being held on a $1 million bond.
    KC Baker, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Incautious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incautious. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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