ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overprecaution

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overprecaution is a noun meaning (uncountable) The tendency to exercise more caution than would be necessary.

Meaning

(uncountable) The tendency to exercise more caution than would be necessary.

More Meanings

  1. (countable) An unnecessary safety measure.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overcaution, overcautiousness, hypercaution, overcarefulness, overpreparation, overpresumption.

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