Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hasty impulsiveness; rashness: The quality of acting or deciding too quickly, without sufficient thought or consideration, often leading to negative consequences.
   • Excessive speed or urgency: The state of being done with overly eager speed, which can result in carelessness or mistakes.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • His hastiness in signing the contract led to significant financial losses. (He acted too quickly without reading the terms carefully.)
  • She regretted the hastiness of her decision to quit her job. (She later wished she had thought more before resigning.)
  • The project's failure was attributed to the team's hastiness, not a lack of resources. (The failure was due to rushing, not insufficient materials.)

Advanced Usage

• "with undue hastiness": acting with an inappropriate or excessive degree of rush.
  • The bill was passed with undue hastiness, ignoring crucial debates.
• "a moment of hastiness": a single instance of acting rashly.
  • In a moment of hastiness, he sent the angry email and immediately regretted it.

Variants and Related Words

• Hasty (adj): Done or acting with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
  • a hasty departure
• Haste (n): Excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.
  • In his haste to leave, he forgot his keys.

Synonyms

• Rashness: Lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action.
• Impulsiveness: The tendency to act suddenly without forethought.
• Precipitateness: The quality of being overly sudden or abrupt in action.

Antonyms

• Deliberation: Long and careful consideration or discussion.
• Circumspection: The quality of being wary and unwilling to take risks; prudence.
• Carefulness: The quality of giving serious attention and thought to avoiding harm or error.

Noun

1. hasty impulsiveness
2. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
   • he soon regretted his haste