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incautious: carelessly failing to exercise proper caution; "an incautious step sent her headlong down the stairs"; lacking in caution; "an incautious remark"; "incautious talk"

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unchary collapse

short-sighted collapse

carefree collapse: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"; free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially"

off guard collapse

unwatchful collapse

foolhardy collapse: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest"

improvident collapse: not provident; not providing for the future

pell-mell collapse

daredevil collapse: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person; presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

overconfident collapse

injudicious collapse: lacking or showing lack of judgment or discretion; unwise; "an injudicious measure"; "the result of an injudicious decision"

trusting collapse

feckless collapse: generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"; not fit to assume responsibility

hotheaded collapse: characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation; "a hotheaded decision"; "liable to such impulsive acts as hugging strangers"; "an impetuous display of spending and gambling"; "madcap escapades"; (`brainish' is archaic)

inadvisable collapse: not prudent or wise; not recommended; "running on the ice is inadvisable"; not advisable; "an unnecessary and inadvisable action"

impudent collapse: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious question"; "the student was kept in for impudent behavior"

imprudent collapse: lacking wise self-restraint; "an imprudent remark"; not prudent or wise; "very imprudent of her mother to encourage her in such silly romantic ideas"; "would be imprudent for a noneconomist to talk about the details of economic policy"- A.M.Schlesinger

indiscreet collapse: lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best"

unwary collapse: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell

brash collapse: offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

inconsiderate collapse: lacking regard for the rights or feelings of others; "shockingly inconsiderate behavior"; without proper consideration or reflection; "slovenly inconsiderate reasoning"; "unconsidered words"; "prejudice is the holding of unconsidered opinions"

insolent collapse

nodding collapse

irresponsible collapse: showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"

napping collapse: not prepared or vigilant; "the blow caught him napping"; "caught in an off-guard moment"; "found him off his guard"

overweening collapse: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet; "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

sleeping collapse: the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate; the state of being asleep

unconsidered collapse

unprepared collapse: without preparation; not prepared for; "unprepared remarks"; "the shock was unprepared"; "our treaty makers approached their immensely difficult problems unprepared"- R.E.Danielson

asleep collapse: into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep"; in the sleep of death

unguarded collapse: displaying or feeling no wariness; "an unguarded remark"; lacking protection or a guard; "an unguarded gate"; "his unguarded queen was open to attack"

ill-advised collapse: without careful prior deliberation or counsel; "ill-advised efforts"; "it would be ill-advised to accept the offer"; "took the unadvised measure of going public with the accusations"

unready collapse: not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond; "she cursed her unready tongue"

bold collapse: fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"; clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

reckless collapse

rash collapse: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits"; any red eruption of the skin; imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith

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