hypercautious
adjective
hy·per·cau·tious
ˌhī-pər-ˈkȯ-shəs 
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or hyper-cautious
: extremely or excessively cautious
With all the polls closed and most of the results in, it's down to Florida. … Having been burned once by prematurely calling the state, the networks are now hypercautious.—
Michelle Cottle
Michelle CottleIn theory, at least, a hypercautious individual should be able to avoid almost all illness by not doing certain things.—George M. Foster
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Banks need to be hypercautious about their lending activities amid this hostile environment.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 May 2023
For one, pairing Todd Bowles – a coach who is hypercautious with his offensive approach given his intolerance to turnovers – with a player who threw 23 interceptions in the last two years is a recipe for disaster.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
From the aviation perspective, the wireless industry simply couldn’t fathom its hypercautious safety culture, which, given the horrific consequences of an accident, demands that any critical equipment be proven to pose a probability of failure of no more than one in a billion.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 26 May 2022
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Jack Kelly, Forbes, 5 May 2023
For one, pairing Todd Bowles – a coach who is hypercautious with his offensive approach given his intolerance to turnovers – with a player who threw 23 interceptions in the last two years is a recipe for disaster.
—Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
From the aviation perspective, the wireless industry simply couldn’t fathom its hypercautious safety culture, which, given the horrific consequences of an accident, demands that any critical equipment be proven to pose a probability of failure of no more than one in a billion.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 26 May 2022
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“Hypercautious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypercautious. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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