overhasty

[ oh-ver-hey-stee ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˈheɪ sti /

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adjective

excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.

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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, adverbo·ver·hast·i·ness, noun

Words nearby overhasty

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

How to use overhasty in a sentence

“It may have been overhasty, in hindsight,” the official says.
Robert Gates' Fears About Libya|John Barry|March 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If you want him yourself—and so it appears—now it can be brought about; only I should not be overhasty in your case.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11|Friedrich Spielhagen
So he drew back and waited awhile, thinking he had been overhasty.
Children of the Dawn|Elsie Finnimore Buckley
"You are overhasty, and forget yourself, Pedro," he said at length.
Under the Star-Spangled Banner|F. S. Brereton

I have come to the conclusion, young ladies, that I was overhasty in my judgment.
Dandelion Cottage|Carroll Watson Rankin
He did, indeed, blame the Egyptian's overhasty action; but he gave no orders for following up the galley.
A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete|Georg Ebers