overhasty

overhasty
adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
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"hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare

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"hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes

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rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion

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wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

• Syn: ↑hasty, ↑precipitate, ↑precipitant, ↑precipitous
• Similar to: ↑hurried
• Derivationally related forms:

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  • Overhasty — O ver*has ty, a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. {O ver*has ti*ly}, adv. {O ver*has ti*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • overhasty — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • overhasty — overhastily, adv. overhastiness, n. /oh veuhr hay stee/, adj. excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment. [1375 1425; late ME; see OVER , HASTY] * * * …   Universalium

  • overhasty — adjective Too hasty. I realized that I had been overhasty in selecting a dance partner when my toes were trodden on yet again …   Wiktionary

  • overhasty — adj. excessively hasty; too rash, too impetuous …   English contemporary dictionary

  • overhasty — adjective excessively hasty. Derivatives overhastily adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • overhasty — o′ver•hast′y adj …   From formal English to slang

  • overhasty — /oʊvəˈheɪsti/ (say ohvuh haystee) adjective hasty to an excessive degree. –overhastily, adverb –overhastiness, noun …  

  • Overhastily — Overhasty O ver*has ty, a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. {O ver*has ti*ly}, adv. {O ver*has ti*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Overhastiness — Overhasty O ver*has ty, a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. {O ver*has ti*ly}, adv. {O ver*has ti*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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