Overhastened

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Brought on too hastily; rushed.

    "Sometimes conclusions were overhastened and rashly arrived at; but, as a rule, the exquisite critical subtlety of the old thinkers kept them safe from error […]"

Example

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"Sometimes conclusions were overhastened and rashly arrived at; but, as a rule, the exquisite critical subtlety of the old thinkers kept them safe from error […]"

Etymology

From over- + hastened.

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