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  • adjective Especially or unreasonably cautious.

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hyper- +‎ cautious

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Examples

  • If the account is true, Libby was indeed the "hypercautious aide" (as described by the Times); "the excruciatingly careful" man (in the words of Paul Wolfowitz); and someone who never acted a "freelancer," (as one former colleague described him to me).

    Murray Waas: Exclusive: The Paradox That Is Scooter Libby 2010

  • If true, Libby was no longer the hypercautious aide or someone excruciatingly careful.

    Murray Waas: Exclusive: The Paradox That Is Scooter Libby 2010

  • The hypercautious "NewsHour" is almost unwatchable, and we're all aware of the various political controversies PBS has had to fend off over the years.

    The formerly independent Bay State Banner 2009

  • Djerassi blames U.S. regulators for being hypercautious.

    Still Fumbling In The Dark 2008

  • Between these alternatives — the hypercautious approach of encoding all e-mail and the fatalistic belief that Big Brother will see everything anyway — lay the surprise in what I heard from these informants.

    Tinfoil Underwear 2006

  • Between these alternatives — the hypercautious approach of encoding all e-mail and the fatalistic belief that Big Brother will see everything anyway — lay the surprise in what I heard from these informants.

    Tinfoil Underwear 2006

  • It was the formerly hypercautious Mr. Hayden himself "who would grab the banner and lead the charge away from liberty and toward a security state."

    Signal Failure 2008

  • Maybe it's just me being hypercautious something I've been called many times! but I'm always a little skeptical of online job announcements from publications that don't include a link to a website.

    Magazine for International Students Seeks Submissions Erika D. 2006

  • Maybe it's just me being hypercautious something I've been called many times! but I'm always a little skeptical of online job announcements from publications that don't include a link to a website.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Erika D. 2006

  • The piece describes Sink, currently the state Chief Financial Officer, as "a hypercautious candidate without a potent message or viable political operation."

    TIME.com: Top Stories Mike Memoli 2010

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