snap judgment

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A hurried or impetuous decision or finding, as in George was known for making snap judgments on personnel questions; he rarely bothered to investigate further. This expression, which uses snap in the sense of “quick,” was first recorded in 1841.

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Words nearby snap judgment

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How to use snap judgment in a sentence

This is the power Washington grants the guests on Snap Judgment.
NPR’s Smooth-Talking Millennial Whisperer|Batya Ungar-Sargon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Snap Judgment first aired in June of 2010 and is now getting ready for its sixth season.
NPR’s Smooth-Talking Millennial Whisperer|Batya Ungar-Sargon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is part and parcel of the implicit politics of Snap Judgment, which folds the margins of American society into its center.
NPR’s Smooth-Talking Millennial Whisperer|Batya Ungar-Sargon|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The most accurate results come from making a snap judgment about whether a question is True or False about you.
How Resilient Are You?||February 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Such are some of the means by which this snap judgment was obtained.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
How do you suppose it strikes me to have my wife take sides against me on snap judgment like that?
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The world may not know but these snap-judgment profiteers, these get-rich-quick phenomena, always have to pay.
The Gorgeous Girl|Nalbro Bartley
Gentlemen, it seems to me you have taken snap judgment on Mr. Jefferson and myself.
America First|Various
I can't give a snap judgment of a man that gets whole governments into a huff and knows how to lead a rabble a million strong.
Rose MacLeod|Alice Brown