rash comment
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- noun
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comentario imprudente
- Realizing her rash comment was inappropriate, she quickly apologized.
Examples
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Her rash comment upset everyone at the dinner table.
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He made a rash comment during the interview, which cost him the job.
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His rash comment upset everyone in the meeting.
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Don't make a rash comment without thinking it through!
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His rash comment during the meeting led to a heated debate.
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She regretted her rash comment about his presentation after seeing the audience's reaction.
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Making a rash comment can often lead to misunderstandings in a conversation.
Synonyms
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A short casual remark that someone says without thinking
A rude, thoughtless comment that upsets people
Antonyms
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'rash comment' is directly compositional: 'rash' (acting hastily) modifies 'comment' (a remark), so the combined meaning 'a remark made hastily or impulsively' is predictable from the parts. This straightforward adjective+noun construction is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase rash comment comes from the word rash and the noun comment. Rash was used for actions done quickly and without thinking, so imagine a skin 'rash' that appears suddenly to remember the idea of something quick and unplanned. That's why a rash comment is a 'hasty' remark said without careful thought.