circumspect

[ sur-kuhm-spekt ]
/ ˈsɜr kəmˌspɛkt /
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adjective

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
well-considered: circumspect ambition.

Origin of circumspect

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin circumspectus (past participle of circumspicere to look around), equivalent to circum- circum- + spec(ere) to look + -tus past participle suffix

OTHER WORDS FROM circumspect

Words nearby circumspect

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Words related to uncircumspect

spontaneous, candid, indiscreet, offhand, indifferent, inaccurate, wasteful, hasty, irresponsible, forgetful, lackadaisical, negligent, nonchalant, thoughtless, lax, sloppy, casual, reckless, accessible, artless

Example sentences from the Web for uncircumspect

  • Claire watched her, thinking how clever she was and yet how uncircumspect.

    An Ambitious Woman |Edgar Fawcett

  • Neither did she disgust by arrogant negligence, and uncircumspect loquacity.

    Ormond, Volume II (of 3) |Charles Brockden Brown

British Dictionary definitions for uncircumspect

circumspect
/ (ˈsɜːkəmˌspɛkt) /

adjective

cautious, prudent, or discreet

Derived forms of circumspect

circumspection, noun circumspective, adjective circumspectly, adverb

Word Origin for circumspect

C15: from Latin circumspectus, from circum- + specere to look