overhasty
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- overhastily adverb
- overhastiness noun
Etymology
Origin of overhasty
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; over-, hasty
Example Sentences
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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
His grief at his father's death is intermixed with disgust at his mother's overhasty marriage.
From Los Angeles Times
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