hypercautious
adjective
hy·per·cau·tious
| \ ˌhī-pər-ˈkȯ-shəs
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variants:
or hyper-cautious
Definition of hypercautious
: 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 In 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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