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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousadjective

    done with very great haste and without due deliberation

    "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

Wiktionary

  1. overhastyadjective

    Too hasty.

  2. Etymology: over- + hasty

ChatGPT

  1. overhasty

    Overhasty refers to actions or decisions made quickly and rashly, without careful thought or consideration. It implies impulsivity and a lack of judgement, often leading to errors or undesirable outcomes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overhasty

    ō-vėr-hās′ti, adj. too hasty or rash.—adv. Overhas′tily.—n. Overhas′tiness.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overhasty in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overhasty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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