"overcautious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more overcautious [comparative], most overcautious [superlative]
Etymology: 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 (Chinese Mandarin), 谨小慎微 (jǐnxiǎoshènwēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 縮手縮腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 缩手缩脚 (suōshǒusuōjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 拘謹 (Chinese Mandarin), 拘谨 (jūjǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), 過分謹慎小心的 (Chinese Mandarin), 过分谨慎小心的 (guòfèn jǐnshèn xiǎoxīn de) (Chinese Mandarin), ylivarovainen (Finnish), asekurancki (Polish), сверхосторо́жный (sverxostoróžnyj) (Russian)

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