overhaste
Definition
- Noun:
- Excessive haste: "overhaste" refers to the quality or state of being too hasty, rushing, or acting with undue speed that often results in carelessness or mistakes.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- His overhaste in making the decision led to several errors in the report. (His excessive rush caused mistakes.)
- The project failed due to the team's overhaste in skipping essential planning steps. (Their excessive speed led to failure.)
Advanced Usage
- "with overhaste": acting in a manner characterized by excessive speed.
- She completed the assignment with overhaste, overlooking important details. (She finished too quickly and carelessly.)
Variants and Related Words
Overhasty (adj): acting or done with excessive haste; too quick or rash.
- His overhasty response offended his colleague. (His excessively quick reply was rude.)
Haste (n): speed or urgency of movement or action.
- Make haste slowly. (A proverb meaning to act quickly but carefully.)
Synonyms
- Rashness: the quality of acting without careful thought.
- Precipitation: acting with excessive speed or suddenness.
- Impetuosity: acting with sudden, forceful energy without forethought.
Related Idioms
- More haste, less speed: a proverb meaning that rushing often leads to mistakes, making the task take longer.
- He tried to finish quickly, but more haste, less speed — he had to redo the work. (Rushing caused more work.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Hasten over: to move quickly past something (not a direct phrasal verb for "overhaste").
- He hastened over the details, leading to confusion. (He moved too quickly through the details.)