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undercautious

undercautious adjective: insufficiently cautious.

Adjective

undercautious (comparative more undercautious, superlative most undercautious)

  1. Insufficiently cautious.
    • Near-synonyms: careless, reckless
    Synonyms:
    careless, reckless

Synonyms of undercautious

Antonyms

Forms of undercautious

comparativemore undercautious
superlativemost undercautious

Origin of undercautious

From under- + cautious.

Questions about undercautious

What does undercautious mean?
Undercautious means insufficiently cautious.
What part of speech is undercautious?
Undercautious is an adjective.

Words near undercautious in the dictionary

  1. undercast
  2. undercasting
  3. undercasts
  4. undercause
  5. undercauses
  6. undercautious
  7. undercelebrated
  8. undercellar
  9. undercellars
  10. underchallenge
  11. underchallenged

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