Hypercautious
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From hyper- + cautious.
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