rashness

[ rash-nis ]
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noun
  1. the state or quality of acting or tending to act hastily or without due consideration:It was an act of rashness and presumption.Enthusiasm is welcome but rashness and smugness are undesirable.

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How to use rashness in a sentence

  • If the journey is now distasteful to her, she has but her own rashness to blame in having sought it herself.

    St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
  • They surround their plunderers, attack them without fear, and frequently make their lives pay the forfeit of their rashness.

    Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
  • Mrs. Owen liked Marian's straightforward ways even when they approached rashness.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • He had known poor Sayers—a most distinguished soldier, but brave to rashness.

    Mary Gray | Katharine Tynan
  • In this manner he sought to infuriate Frank and lead him to some act of rashness.

    Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. Standish