Definitions for hasty
ˈheɪ stihasty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

   "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

2. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hastyadjective

   Acting in haste; being too hurried or quick. (e.g. Without much thinking about it they made a hasty decision to buy it.)

2. Etymology: hastif (Modern hâtif), from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hastyadjective

   Etymology: hastif, French, from haste; haestig, Dutch.

   1. Quick; speedy.

   Is all the counsel that we two have shar’d,
   The sisters vows, the hours that we have spent,
   When we have chid the hasty footed time
   For parting us. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.

   2. Passionate; vehement.

   He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Prov. xiv. 29.

   3. Rash; precipitate.

   Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Prov. xxix. 20.

   Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God. Eccl. v. 2.

   4. Early ripe.

   Beauty shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the Summer. Is. xxviii. 4.

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1. hasty

   Hasty refers to something done or acting very quickly, often too quickly, with excessive speed or urgency. It can also imply a lack of care or thoughtfulness in actions, decisions, or judgements.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Hastynoun

   involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch

2. Hastynoun

   demanding haste or immediate action

3. Hastynoun

   moving or acting with haste or in a hurry; hurrying; hence, acting without deliberation; precipitate; rash; easily excited; eager

4. Hastynoun

   made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution

5. Hastynoun

   proceeding from, or indicating, a quick temper

6. Hastynoun

   forward; early; first ripe

7. Etymology: [Akin to D. haastig, G., Sw., & Dan. hastig. See Haste, n.]

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1. Hasty

   Hasty is a census-designated place and a U.S. Post Office located in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 144. The Hasty Post Office has the ZIP Code 81044.

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1. HASTY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hasty is ranked #5244 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hasty surname appeared 6,654 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hasty.
   
   84.7% or 5,642 total occurrences were White.
   10.7% or 715 total occurrences were Black.
   2% or 138 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 99 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for hasty »

1. sayth

2. yasht

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1. Alex

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hasty in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hasty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of hasty in a Sentence

1. Thomas Huxley:

   There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.

2. Robert Dunham:

   The hasty manner in which this bill sped into law reflects the same lack of care with which Oklahoma has managed its execution process historically.

3. Marylin Zuniga:

   Marylin Zuniga, a first-year teacher who drew widespread condemnation for assigning Marylin Zuniga young charges the task of writing to Mumia Abu-Jamal, was canned at the meeting of the Orange Board of Education, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported. Even when I heard that the letters were written... because of compassion, you could've written to somebody in a nursing home. - Gloria Stewart, Orange Board of Education, NJ resident Marylin Zuniga, who taught at Forest Street Elementary School, told board members prior to their hasty vote to can Marylin Zuniga that Marylin Zuniga has broad support from around the country, the newspaper reported. There's people around the nation who support me, who believe I need to be reinstated and I believe that I need to be reinstated, my students need me in the classroom. My students have requested that I come back to the classroom. Abu-Jamal, a 61-year-old serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, is a self-styled poet who became a darling of celebrities and activists while on death row. His sentence was later commuted to life without parole, and he was suffering from complications from diabetes when Marylin Zuniga assigned the task. The vote to fire Zuniga occurred after several hours of public speakers, many of whom praised Zuniga for teaching Marylin Zuniga students to have compassion for a man who killed a police officer. Abu-Jamal killed Daniel Faulkner during a routine traffic stop of Abu-Jamal’s brother. At trial, several witnesses reported seeing Abu-Jamal kill Daniel Faulkner, and two witnesses said Abu-Jamal confessed to the killing, saying, I shot the mother --- er, and I hope the mother --- er dies. Although the abrupt vote left meeting attendees unsure of what had happened, Orange Board of Education Superintendent Ronald Lee confirmed that Marylin Zuniga was fired in an email to the Star-Ledger. As this is a personnel issue, I have no further comments on this matter, Orange Superintendent Ronald Lee wrote. Zuniga’s attorney, Alan Levine, told the newspaper Marylin Zuniga is now considering legal action to challenge Marylin Zuniga firing. Several speakers at the meeting, including Essex County Freeholder President Britnee Timberlake, praised Marylin Zuniga.

4. Samuel Johnson:

   Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men.

5. Lao Tzu:

   The heavy is the root of the light. The tranquil is the ruler of the hasty.

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