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hasty

hasty

63 3.9
Acting quickly without much thought or care
  • adjective
  • /ˈheɪsti/
translation icon : apresurado
  • Easy, champ, don't jump to any hasty conclusions.
  • a hasty decision
  • make a hasty decision
  • hasty conclusions

So many, said Sparrowhawk's voice, low and hasty, as if he'd too got in a shock.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • We're being too hasty here.

  • That might have been a little hasty.

  • I was recovering from a cold, so maybe I got too hasty with drinking cold stuff.

  • - Let's not be too hasty.

  • Come on, let's not be hasty.

  • 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?

  • Others decry what they see as too hasty a dismissal of the needs of "the gifted child."

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

quick
vshasty
1.0

Happening or done very fast without delay

can also suggest lack of thought or care, not just speed
premature
vshasty
120 4.5

Happening before the usual time or before it is ready

is about quickness or lack of care rather than being early
speedy
vshasty
70 1.8

Moving or happening very quickly with little delay

often implies haste that may include lack of thought or care
impetuous
vshasty
14 8.0

To act quickly without thinking about the results

is quick but does not always involve strong emotion
headlong
vshasty
4 6.8

Done quickly and without thinking, often causing problems

is rapid as well but may not ignore outcomes so fully
spur-of-the-moment
vshasty
  • Informal
4 5.8

Happening suddenly without planning, often as a quick decision

is quick too but can be planned rather than spontaneous
precipitous
vshasty
3 7.9

Happening suddenly without careful thought and often causing problems

is quick too but not necessarily sudden or extremely rash
slapdash
vshasty
3 7.5

Made quickly without care

is quick but does not always imply careless workmanship
overhasty
vshasty
1 7.2

Too quick to decide without enough thought

is similar but can be less extreme or more general in haste
precipitate
vshasty
  • Formal
7.6

Done too quickly without careful thought

is like this but may be less formal or intense in urgency
hurried
vshasty
3.4

Done quickly without careful thought

can mean merely fast without implying lack of care
rushed
vshasty
1.8

Made quickly without enough care because there is little time

is about quickness rather than the external pressure causing it

Antonyms

19 3.2

Paying careful attention to what is happening

Compounds

hasty defense
  • Specialized
6.8

A quick setup of troops and barriers to hold ground when time is short

hasty pudding
  • Archaic
8.0

A hot sweet porridge you make by boiling cornmeal or oats with milk and usually eat with syrup

How Hasty

reckless
193 3.6
rash
3 4.3
hasty
63 3.9
hurried
3.4
unhurried
5 3.5

Surface Forms

hasty positive
hastier comparative
hastiest superlative

Morphology

hasty = haste (transparent) = haste + y

Formed by the noun 'haste' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'characterized by haste', which directly matches the given sense.

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.