precipitate
- adjective
- /prɪˈsɪpɪteɪt/
- Formal
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precipitado
- It is often unwise to take precipitate actions without fully understanding the consequences.
Examples
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"Dear gentlemen, I'm sorry to inform you "that Hermann Kermit Warm has made a precipitate departure.
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For others, however, the transition to a life 'underground' could be rather more precipitate.
Academic text (2010) -
Your fall would be as precipitate.
Fiction book (1990) -
And unless the election of Obama caused a very precipitate loss of business, this man would have a lot of problems on his hands.
Blog text (3) -
Skirmishes lasted three days, but ended with a "most precipitate flight" by the American army, causing a number to surrender and others to desert.
Academic text (2014) -
"Hermann Kermit Warm has made a precipitate departure."
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The latter's rather precipitate conversion may well have had a distinctly political dimension.
Academic text (1992) -
Her scramble down that ravine was so precipitate it started a small avalanche of stones which stopped Mrs Callendar's car.
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The committee made a precipitate decision to change the project direction without consulting the team.
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His precipitate response to the criticism surprised everyone in the meeting.
Synonyms
63
3.9
Acting quickly without much thought or care
7
3.9
Done too soon without enough thought
3
7.9
Happening suddenly without careful thought and often causing problems
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7.2
Too quick to decide without enough thought
Antonyms
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Precipitate comes from Latin parts prae- 'before' and caput 'head', which gave the idea of a 'headlong' or hasty fall. That is why a precipitate action is one done quickly and without careful thought.