INCAUTIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incautiousness mean? 

• INCAUTIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun INCAUTIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger

  Familiarity information: INCAUTIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCAUTIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of forgetting or ignoring possible danger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

incaution; incautiousness

Hypernyms ("incautiousness" is a kind of...):

carelessness; sloppiness (the quality of not being careful or taking pains)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incautiousness"):

unwariness (the trait of not being cautious and watchful)

imprudence (a lack of caution in practical affairs)

Derivation:

incautious (carelessly failing to exercise proper caution)

 Context examples 

This is strange indeed, when your eyes have been reproaching them every day for incautiousness.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)