overhasty

[ oh-ver-hey-stee ]

adjective

1. excessively hasty; rash:

   overhasty judgment.

Other Words From

• over·hasti·ly adverb
• over·hasti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overhasty¹

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

Example Sentences

So maybe I’m being overhasty with this week’s Dinner in Minutes recipe, which prominently features asparagus, a favorite spring vegetable.

From Washington Post

He said that “overhasty actions and Germany going it alone” would be viewed with suspicion.

From Washington Times

At 53, Thompson might be considered too old to play the Danish prince, a 30-year-old student on leave from university after the suspicious death of his father and the overhasty marriage of his mother.

From Los Angeles Times

Rio pointed out that the sackings did not prejudge the results of any investigation, but they jolted many employees, some of whom thought them overhasty.

From Economist

As their price for supporting German unification, France and Italy pinned Germany down to a timetable for an overhasty, ill-designed and overextended European monetary union.

From The Guardian

Related Words

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• thoughtless