overhasty
/'ouvə'heisti/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Done with excessive haste and without proper consideration: Describes an action or decision made too quickly, without sufficient thought or deliberation, often leading to negative consequences.
Usage
- As an adjective modifying a noun: Used to describe plans, actions, decisions, or judgments that are rushed.
- It is unwise to make an overhasty decision.
- The committee warned against overhasty reforms.
Examples
- The project's failure was due to an overhasty launch without adequate testing.
- She regretted her overhasty words spoken in anger.
- An overhasty conclusion can overlook important facts.
Advanced Usage
- "to be overhasty in (doing) something": To act with excessive speed in a specific matter.
- The government was criticized for being overhasty in implementing the new policy.
- Used in formal or critical contexts to highlight a lack of prudence.
Variants and Related Words
- Hasty (adj): Done with speed, often too fast, but not necessarily as extreme as "overhasty."
- a hasty departure
- Precipitate (adj, formal): Done with great or excessive haste and without thought.
- a precipitate decision
- Rash (adj): Acting or done without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuous.
- a rash promise
Synonyms
- Precipitate
- Rash
- Impetuous
- Reckless (in the context of speed and lack of care)
Antonyms
- Deliberate
- Prudent
- Cautious
- Measured
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Act in haste, repent at leisure": This proverb warns that actions taken too quickly (overhasty actions) often lead to regret.
- He bought the car without checking it and now it has constant problems—a classic case of act in haste, repent at leisure.
Adjective
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done with very great haste and without due deliberation
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hasty marriage seldom proveth well- Shakespeare
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hasty makeshifts take the place of planning- Arthur Geddes
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rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
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wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
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