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

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

“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