Overhastened
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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