snap judgment

Idioms and Phrases

A hurried or impetuous decision or finding, as in George was known for making snap judgments on personnel questions; he rarely bothered to investigate further . This expression, which uses snap in the sense of “quick,” was first recorded in 1841.

Example Sentences

This is the power Washington grants the guests on Snap Judgment.

From The Daily Beast

Snap Judgment first aired in June of 2010 and is now getting ready for its sixth season.

From The Daily Beast

It is part and parcel of the implicit politics of Snap Judgment, which folds the margins of American society into its center.

From The Daily Beast

The most accurate results come from making a snap judgment about whether a question is True or False about you.

From The Daily Beast

Such are some of the means by which this snap judgment was obtained.

From Project Gutenberg

How do you suppose it strikes me to have my wife take sides against me on snap judgment like that?

From Project Gutenberg

The world may not know but these snap-judgment profiteers, these get-rich-quick phenomena, always have to pay.

From Project Gutenberg

Gentlemen, it seems to me you have taken snap judgment on Mr. Jefferson and myself.

From Project Gutenberg

I can't give a snap judgment of a man that gets whole governments into a huff and knows how to lead a rabble a million strong.

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