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overhasty

[ oh-ver-hey-stee ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈheɪ sti /

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adjective

excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.

Origin of overhasty

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at over-, hasty

OTHER WORDS FROM overhasty

o·ver·hast·i·ly, adverb o·ver·hast·i·ness, noun

Words nearby overhasty

overgrow, overgrowth, overhand, overhand knot, overhang, overhasty, overhaul, overhead, overhead camshaft, overhead door, overhead projector

Example sentences from the Web for overhasty

“It may have been overhasty, in hindsight,” the official says.

Robert Gates' Fears About Libya |John Barry |March 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
How aptly has Matthew Arnold said, “O man, how true are thine instincts, how overhasty thine interpretation of them!”

The Brothers' War |John Calvin Reed
Thus they would cut off their goodly promise of overhasty thirst for glory.

The Danish History, Books I-IX |Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
Our first emotions are not under our own power; we are often overhasty before we are able to reflect.

Memoirs of Leonora Christina |Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

He declared, that, if he should be overhasty, he would most assuredly ruin every thing.

Within an Inch of His Life |Emile Gaboriau
Do not close your eyes; and if you see that you have been overhasty, redeem the error before it be too late.

A Noble Name |Claire Von Glmer