hastiness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈheɪstɪnəs/
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precipitación
- She regretted the hastiness with which she agreed to the proposal without fully understanding it.
Examples
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I hope the hastiness of your decision has nothing to do with Professor Seldom.
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Therefore, the hastiness found previously with abstract materials was seen to generalize to a more realistic task.
Academic text (1999) -
If Bond had died last night as a result of your hastiness... his government would have known for certain that the bombs are here.
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"There was a certain hastiness in adopting this rule, and we're doing our best to comply."
Blog text (26) -
Hastiness is often expressed through curiosity.
Academic text (2000) -
Was the "toucherception" in Seattle the reason behind the sudden hastiness to get this deal done?
Blog text (6) -
And I will be on guard against two evils: hastiness and indecision.
Blog text (19) -
I am a planner already, but it seems that indecision and hastiness are combating each other even though they are rather opposites.
Blog text (19) -
He was criticized for "mixing religion with politics"; even some members of his denomination who sympathized with his leftist views criticized his "hastiness."
Academic text (1999) -
It probably means she's not emotionally mature or good at dating, but your hastiness to put women into the totally good or evil sociopath categories is shortsighted and is hurting your outlook.
Blog text (7)
Synonyms
65
3.4
Very quick action that often causes mistakes
5
7.0
A habit of acting quickly without thinking about what will happen
4
5.9
A habit of acting quickly without thinking about the results
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8.7
A tendency to act quickly without thinking, often causing problems
1
8.9
A tendency to act quickly without thinking that causes rash decisions
Acting too quickly without enough thought
A feeling of being in a hurry that makes you rush and make mistakes
Failure to pay attention before acting or speaking
Antonyms
How Hasty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hastiness comes from haste, which means 'rush', and from the adjective hasty, meaning 'too quick'. Imagine someone rushing through a task and making mistakes because they do not stop to think, and you will see why hastiness means acting or deciding too quickly without care.