Overcautious

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overcautious \O"ver*cau"tious\, a.
     Too cautious; cautious or prudent to excess. --
     {O"ver*cau"tious*ly}, adv. -- {O"ver*cau"tious*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  overcautious
       adj : unnecessarily cautious; "sometimes it doesn't pay to be
             overcautious in business"