hypercautious

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hypercautious

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From hyper- + cautious.

adjective more hypercautious · most hypercautious

Especially or unreasonably cautious. By all accounts a first-rate legal mind and a hypercautious aide whose discretion frustrated reporters, he is charged with repeatedly lying to a grand jury and to the F.B.I. about his leaks to the news media in the battle over Iraq war intelligence.
Similar: overcautious · Opposite: undercautious, careless, reckless, daring

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@misc{hypercautious_2026,
  title = {hypercautious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hypercautious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}