snap judgment

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

She can peg a person’s height at a glance and sum up their prospects in a pitiless snap judgment.

From Los Angeles Times

The snap judgment among legal experts was that a federal judge’s dismissal on Nov. 7 of a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the leader in advanced chatbots, will short-circuit an ever-growing effort by artists and writers to keep AI firms from stealing their content.

From Los Angeles Times

The “consular process” takes years and culminates in a brief interview at the consulate by officers with extremely heavy caseloads who must make a snap judgment as to whether the applicant is “admissible” to return to their home in the U.S.

From Slate

His snap judgment endangers a planet's civilian population, leaving her to fix the crisis he has created.

From Salon

The film also accurately shows Oppenheimer instantly responding, “That’s impossible,” promptly withdrawing his snap judgment and, within a week, outlining how the discovery might be used to make a bomb.

From Los Angeles Times