Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Dalai Lama termed India's attitude towards Tibet issue "overcautious" and said he could be the "last Dalai Lama". From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Online - The Indian Express] Reference
"No. I've been thinking euphemisms like 'overcautious' and 'reluctance to risk bodily harm.'. From Wordnik.com. [Neutron Star]
If they're being overcautious, there's good reason. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2007] Reference
No, she was just being her usual overcautious self. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Wilds]
Don't be overcautious in your care over me, mother. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
So are they a little bit overcautious at this point?. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Dibble to Stephen Strasburg: "Suck it up"] Reference
He said the process was overcautious, costly and time-wasting. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I may be overcautious, but I much prefer a carriage to myself. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
Now, if they're being overcautious, well, there's good reason. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2007] Reference
If labor is cowed and capital is overcautious, the recovery must suffer. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Hiring Freeze] Reference
I stayed in a hotel in London instead of the flat, and felt overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
So let's talk about why the president is sort of being overcautious here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2002] Reference
In a moment he'd have told me he didn't want me along because I was overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [Neutron Star]
The 'dinis were not precisely calling humans cowards, but certainly overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [Damia's Children]
The collision has made me extra cautious, possibly even overcautious, around ships. From Wordnik.com. [True Spirit] Reference
She said, "We won't be overcautious because I believe the aggressive side will prevail.". From Wordnik.com. [Singapore's First Olympic Medal In 48 Years] Reference
Critics insist the delays were a result of overcautious officials working without adequate data. From Wordnik.com. [Flights Resume From European Airports] Reference
He was overcautious and ended up stuck promoting a program that won't reform anything in the end. From Wordnik.com. [New Obama Ads In Pennsylvania Attack Clinton] Reference
While we appreciate the pilot's concern for the other passengers, we still think he was overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [VIDEO: Girl Kicked Off Continental For Excessive Coughing - The Consumerist] Reference
"I know you think me overcautious, but what he's doing is exactly wrong for a dementist at his level.". From Wordnik.com. [Chainer's Torment]
Now, here he is, confronting his first unexpected "challenge" with shift, overeager, overcautious attention. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Owen: Baby Steps] Reference
The man had been frightened, nervous, overcautious until the Germans caught his young wife and tortured and killed her. From Wordnik.com. [The Japanese Corpse]
There is a feeling among old spooks that the swashbucklers let go in the 1970s were replaced by overcautious bureaucrats. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Mole] Reference
I bet that I am not alone; if I state, that I would rather err on being overcautious and regard all the lot of them as Bad. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
Now it looks like he's going to run the exact same overcautious campaign we've been seeing from timid Democrats for too long. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security] Reference
STEWART: It's very difficult, because I think when people give you advice on that kind of thing, they tend to be overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2006] Reference
Or is this another wry joke from Rowling at all the overcautious parents who worry about what young readers are being exposed to?. From Wordnik.com. [The Last-and Best—of Harry Potter] Reference
Then some managers began goading the company's overcautious buyers into taking more chances, bringing in large glass jars filled with M. From Wordnik.com. [Old Habits Die Hard] Reference
I think the police are overcautious on dealing with this issue openly because they fear being branded racist and I think that is wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Perhaps the happy ending shows that her judgment was correct and the advice that pregnant women not travel after 36 weeks is overcautious. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » John Mark Reynolds on Sarah Palin] Reference
I still believe they were overcautious in the design. From Wordnik.com. [EN World D&D / RPG News] Reference
But the only risk was that overcautious treatment which proved to be expensive. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Hiring was overcautious though, as businesses were taking on new practices that evaluate candidate capabilities. From Wordnik.com. [IndiaPRwire - Press/News Releases] Reference
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