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- noun
Excessive cautiousness .
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It appears that this game does not reward overcautiousness because by being too focussed on one's own protection, one's pieces will be slower to get to the end of the board while one's opponent's pieces may pass one by.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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It appears that this game does not reward overcautiousness because by being too focussed on one's own protection, one's pieces will be slower to get to the end of the board while one's opponent's pieces may pass one by.
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The proceeds are not shared with the public at large, and the effects are not to change physician medical behavior, but instead to practice overcautiousness, in word, deed, and testing.
"Every time you post, recite the following to yourself as though it were a mantra: 'I am cutting rope with which to hang myself....'" Ann Althouse 2008
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David had observed Captain Esteban's tendency toward overcautiousness.
THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK VONDA N.MCINTYRE 1990
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Everyone but Lincoln had lost patience with McClellan's overcautiousness and when he failed to follow Lee's retreat from Antietam, Lincoln removed him and placed in command Burnside, whose defeat at
Life of Abraham Lincoln Little Blue Book Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 324 John Hugh Bowers 1920
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Mr. Lincoln had told McClellan during his visit to the army that his great fault was "overcautiousness."
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 Jacob Dolson Cox 1864
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But unlike some scares based on rumors or overcautiousness, the alarm among parishioners at a Long Island church this week is based on a confirmed finding: Someone who touched the communion wafers distributed at two packed services on Christmas Day was infected with hepatitis A.
NYT > Home Page By PAUL VITELLO 2011
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But unlike some scares based on rumors or overcautiousness, the alarm among parishioners at a Long Island church this week is based on a confirmed finding: Someone who touched the communion wafers distributed at two packed services on Christmas Day was infected with hepatitis A.
NYT > Home Page By PAUL VITELLO 2011
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This wasn't merely overcautiousness or simple misjudgment.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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This wasn't merely overcautiousness or simple misjudgment.
Forbes.com: News 2010
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