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incircumspect

incircumspect adjective: not circumspect; careless, reckless.

Adjective

incircumspect (comparative more incircumspect, superlative most incircumspect)

  1. Not circumspect; careless, reckless.
    • Our fashions of eating make us slothful, and unlusty to labour and study; unstable, inconstant, and light-mannered; full of wits, after-witted (as we call it), incircumspect, inconsiderate, heady, rash, and hasty to begin unadvisedly, […]1532 (reprinted 1573), William Tyndale, “An Exposition uppon the V. VI. VII. Chapters of Mathew, […]. The Sixth Chapter.”, in Henry Walter, editor, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the...

Forms of incircumspect

comparativemore incircumspect
superlativemost incircumspect

Origin of incircumspect

From in- + circumspect.

Words formed from incircumspect

Questions about incircumspect

What does incircumspect mean?
Incircumspect means not circumspect; careless, reckless.
What part of speech is incircumspect?
Incircumspect is an adjective.

Words near incircumspect in the dictionary

  1. incircled
  2. incircles
  3. incircling
  4. incircumscriptible
  5. incircumscription
  6. incircumspect
  7. incircumspection
  8. incircumspectly
  9. incirrate
  10. incirrates
  11. incisal

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