hasty
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈheɪsti/
- Easy, champ, don't jump to any hasty conclusions.
- a hasty decision
- make a hasty decision
- hasty conclusions
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Watch on YouTubeSo many, said Sparrowhawk's voice, low and hasty, as if he'd too got in a shock.
- So many, said Sparrowhawk's voice, low and hasty, as if he'd too got in a shock.
- And I get him to the cassivac, a hasty cassivac with a helicopter and some trucks.
- And I get him to the Casivac, a hasty casivac with a helicopter and some trucks.
- A lot of people are so rash with how they act and hasty with their emotions.
- I wouldn't be too hasty to, like, cut things off and distance yourself.
- However, all this enthusiasm made for seriously hasty planning.
- And So what ends up happening is you take shortcuts, you make hasty, high risk decisions.
- Look at evidence and not be so hasty with supporting policies that might backfire for the very people you're trying to help.
- And so we should be patient and I shouldn't, you know, kind of rush ahead if that can, you know, foreclose our potential if we are too hasty.
- Especially for people who are very hasty and an Irish British Nordic like I am.
Examples
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In this light, their hasty dismissal of this evidence appears more expedient than logical.
Academic text (1999) -
He made a hasty decision without considering all the facts.
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We're being too hasty here.
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That might have been a little hasty.
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I was recovering from a cold, so maybe I got too hasty with drinking cold stuff.
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- Let's not be too hasty.
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Come on, let's not be hasty.
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Preparations for the elections were hasty and, indeed, left much to be desired.
Academic text (1994) -
I don't want her making any hasty decisions that she might regret later, you know?
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Others decry what they see as too hasty a dismissal of the needs of "the gifted child."
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening or done very fast without delay
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4.5
Happening before the usual time or before it is ready
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1.8
Moving or happening very quickly with little delay
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1.8
Made quickly without enough care because there is little time
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8.0
To act quickly without thinking about the results
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3.4
Done quickly without careful thought
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7.9
Happening suddenly without careful thought and often causing problems
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5.8
Happening suddenly without planning, often as a quick decision
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6.8
Done quickly and without thinking, often causing problems
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7.5
Made quickly without care
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7.6
Done too quickly without careful thought
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7.2
Too quick to decide without enough thought
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.0
A hot sweet porridge you make by boiling cornmeal or oats with milk and usually eat with syrup
- Specialized
1
6.8
A quick setup of troops and barriers to hold ground when time is short
How Hasty
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Etymology
The word hasty comes from the old word haste, which meant 'speed' or 'quick action' in Old French. So, if you do something hasty, you do it fast and often without enough thought.