"overcautious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more overcautious [comparative], most overcautious [superlative]
Etymology: From over- + cautious. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|cautious}} over- + cautious Head templates: {{en-adj}} overcautious (comparative more overcautious, superlative most overcautious)
  1. Excessively cautious. Translations (excessively cautious): 謹小慎微 /谨小慎微 (jǐnxiǎoshènwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 縮手縮腳 /缩手缩脚 (suōshǒusuōjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 拘謹 /拘谨 (jūjǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 過分謹慎小心的 /过分谨慎小心的 (guòfèn jǐnshèn xiǎoxīn de) (Chinese Mandarin), ylivarovainen (Finnish), asekurancki (Polish), сверхосторо́жный (sverxostoróžnyj) (Russian)
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