overhasty

adjective

ˌō-vər-ˈhā-stē How to pronounce overhasty (audio)
Definition of overhastynext
as in hurried
acting or done with excessive or careless speed an overhasty reading of the recipe resulted in the omission of a critical ingredient

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhasty
  1. hurried
  2. hasty
  3. impulsive
  4. rash
  5. reckless
  6. precipitous
  7. sudden
  8. headlong
Adjective
  • The holiday season can be a hurried, slightly stressful time as the countdown to Christmas morning begins.
    Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Briskly paced, de Jonge’s movie covers a lot of ground both tonal and geographic without ever seeming hurried, conspicuously touristic or heavy-handed in its mix of humor and pathos.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of hurried
Adjective
  • Still, Ocasio-Cortez cast doubt on any pundit peddling a hasty grand theory of the electorate.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The Happy Days and Married … With Children actor has been questionably associated with shows jumping the shark and inaccurately described as a show killer, as if his addition to a series’ roster represented or even led to a hastier demise.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of hasty
Adjective
  • One league source wouldn’t put the Bears anywhere near the same level of deterrence as the New York Jets, whose owner, Woody Johnson, has a reputation for being impulsive and volatile.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Does the child make impulsive decisions that might be regretted later?
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of impulsive
Adjective
  • Symptoms of measles include high fever — possibly exceeding 104 degrees — cough; runny nose; red, watery eyes; and rash, according to the CDC.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Tennessee will argue Wednesday that minors cannot adequately consent to receiving treatments like puberty blockers and hormones and its law prevents them from making rash medical decisions.
    Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of rash
Adjective
  • He was originally charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, and three counts of felony reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon, but his charges were reduced to misdemeanors during a hearing on Tuesday. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING?
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • He was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of reckless
Adjective
  • Mayan and Incan ruins are nothing if not dramatic: Their stairs are steep, their drops precipitous, their bulk imposing, their carvings ferocious and ornate.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Japan’s fertility rate, which has seen a precipitous fall for many years, reached another record low in June, even as the government ramped up efforts to encourage young people to get married and start families.
    Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of precipitous
Adjective
  • If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be prepared for sudden changes in visibility.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, Variety reported the sudden move was likely a way for Warner Bros. Discovery to cut streaming-content costs.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of sudden
Adjective
  • Sadly, New York Magazine displayed no such judgment in its reckless headlong pursuit of publishing a salacious, attention-grabbing article, no matter the truth.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The show’s vibrant aesthetic and period pop score, meanwhile, provide a nostalgia trip to the early 2000s — while not shying away from what the era’s headlong embrace of social media did to our grasp on collective truth.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
Definition of headlong
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