overcareful

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Recent Examples of overcareful One or two of the near-future episodes felt overcareful, connecting the dots between Earthtrust’s science and the rebels’ sabotage. BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcareful
Adjective
  • Finally, the Gators’ timid portal strategy is deliberate, not an unwillingness to adapt.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine a commissioner being called out like that directly and that timid, tepid statement.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Homebuilders are getting more cautious, says economist Wolf.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Markets had expected the more fiscally cautious Shinjiro Koizumi to win.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The uncomfortable truth is that finance leaders are repeating the exact same pattern of overcautious adoption that cost them months of competitive advantage with generative AI.
    David Zwick, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The record’s riveting narrative and political conscience stood out in an age of generic radio fare and overcautious stars.
    Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Integrating such a messy light source into a silicon photonics chip required careful engineering.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • He was gone for two years, returning to the Caribbean in 1509, and in his later writings was circumspect about his own service to the Conquest.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Although Harris earned a reputation as guarded and circumspect, the book has the tone of someone who is finished biting her tongue.
    Chris Megerian, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025

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“Overcareful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overcareful. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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