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
  • Just handshakes, quiet embraces and a hurried effort by the military to get everybody home in time for Christmas.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Mings’ handball turned out to be decisive and Emery, speaking in a hurried post-match press conference, partially blamed his team’s loss on the incident.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of hurried
Adjective
  • Code the shareholders wished out before us like slugs in a... Conversion Karen Solie First impression of a hasty once-over.
    Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Yet these traits, allied with superb technical ability, are what force defenders into making late and hasty decisions.
    The Athletic UK Staff, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of hasty
Adjective
  • This perspective can help avoid mistakes stemming from poor tax planning or impulsive financial decisions.
    Rory O'Hara, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • People with depression may be distracted on the road, have a slower reaction time, or have careless or impulsive driving behaviors, like hard braking or speeding.
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of impulsive
Adjective
  • Symptoms include redness or discoloration, itching, and rash.
    Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But there’s an unfortunate tendency to put the demands of the story ahead of the characters, leading to rash decisions on their part that don’t entirely track.
    Stephen Saito, Variety, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of rash
Adjective
  • He was arrested a short time later and charged with second-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree breach of peace and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • He was arrested without incident and faces charges of two counts of risk of injury to a minor, breach of peace, assault and reckless endangerment.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of reckless
Adjective
  • But that engagement drop was more tempered compared to 2021's precipitous year-over-year decline.
    Neal Rothschild, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The streets here are steep, as in San Francisco-steep—so precipitous that brave locals (or crazy, some might say) hurtle down them in homemade bobsleds every January.
    Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of precipitous
Adjective
  • There are even grief counselors and social workers who specialize in sudden loss.
    Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Her sister shared that while Hill-Wolfskill’s sudden and unexpected passing has been difficult, the family finds comfort in the lasting legacy of service her younger sister leaves behind.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of sudden
Adjective
  • The issue is whether the briskly growing services sector and headlong AI-investment buildout can bolster aggregate growth rates in a way that doesn’t bring additional stress on the housing and goods-producing sectors.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Venu responded to the challenges of launching a new sports streamer with headlong momentum, landing former Apple exec Pete Distad to serve as CEO last March before setting a launch target and an opening subscription rate of $42.99 per month.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of headlong
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