overcaution
overcautiousness

He figured his overcaution had played him false.

It had seemed like overcaution to Trevor-nobody would skip a vital step on a suit.

If he continued down that path, he would certainly slide into paranoia and overcaution.

Lastly, his attitude was one of peculiarly suspicious overcaution.

'There's such a thing as overcaution," the captain chided.

You must tread the thin line between provocation and overcaution, and decide what actions to take, if any.

The nervousness he felt and his overcaution had gotten him some good-natured ribbing and derision from his friends.

The citation praised his attitude, technique, fielding and bowling, noting however that some commentators continued to criticise his overcaution.

In a moment of overcaution, Grew's attack faltered and he moved his remaining Knight back to the haven of King 1, where it was relatively useless.

But the cautious sailor must avoid the sunken rock of overcaution, and it was apparent that additional sail would speed us on our way without endangering us.

From Hoover's relentless pursuit of subversives to the headquarters' judgments that led to the conflagration at Waco, Washington has proven equally capable of overaggression as overcaution.

He added, however, "there are a number of us who are concerned that there is a kind of tacit overcaution, overprotectedness of the audience on the part of theater operators."

Having known the little hot slicknesses of her, the cling of her, the hunger of her lips and body, would he err on the side of overcaution, thinking of her?

He was born at a time in my life when I thought that my lack of success was due to overcaution; and I tried to give him what I thought I lacked.

A shrill abolitionist and a founder of the Republican Party, he nevertheless did not shrink from bitterly criticizing Abraham Lincoln for "incompetence, inaction and overcaution" in his waging of the Civil War.

Potter, however, failed to capitalise on the situation and due to overcaution the remaining 589 Japanese were able to escape the island on the night of 6/7 October aboard ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Expectations Fulfilled But they also said that the inflation data today seemed to underscore the concern expressed to Congress on Thursday by Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, that overcaution by bankers in making loans was putting the economic expansion at risk.

I regret the overcautiousness of some, on both the right and the left, with regard to these two points.

The last compromise voted through in 1998 left us feeling rather disappointed by the European Commission's overcautiousness.

I regret the overcautiousness of the Council, which reluctantly acknowledges that nuclear power is one effective solution regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Search For Spock David had observed Captain Esteban's tendency toward overcautiousness.

This is not only on account of the role you played; it is also because of the overcautiousness of its leaders, who too often prefer to stand still rather than to act.

Appointed by President Reagan to head a commission on the future of the Social Security system, he displayed what admirers called political savvy - and critics termed overcautiousness - by proposing a modest tax increase and a slight decrease in benefits.

Dying While Waiting In two years, only 30 men and women, of 447 applicants, have been released, a record advocates for inmates with AIDS say reflects an overcautiousness in the face of an epidemic of disease and death in prisons.

(The Song Dynasty historian Hu Sanxing, the commentator to the Zizhi Tongjian, commented that overcautiousness was what cost Emperor Taizong the victory, indirectly blaming Zhangsun for opposing the strategy to attack Pyongyang directly.)