Definition of hasty
hastier
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1a archaic : rapid in action or movement : speedyb : done or made in a hurry hasty city-street snapshots — R. B. Heilmanc : fast and typically superficial made a hasty examination of the wound
2 : acting too quickly : overly eager or impatient realized he had been hasty in quitting his job
3 : exhibiting a lack of careful thought or consideration : precipitate, rash We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
4 : prone to anger : irritable a hasty temperment
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Examples of hasty in a Sentence
I made a hasty sketch of the scene.
Seeing the dog, the cat made a hasty retreat up a tree.
We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
He later realized that he was too hasty in his decision to quit.
Recent Examples of hasty from the Web
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Grubbe's hasty release, not the bullet holes, is what Wells is most upset about, too.
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In the not-too-distant future, due to a botched stem-cell research project and a hasty deal between liberals and conservatives, a company rents out babies that never age and only poop once a week.
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He was wrapped in tent canvas and buried in a hasty grave in a churchyard.
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The senior official suggested that the real fault lay in the President’s hasty decision-making.
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One RBS trader and several from Citigroup won their suits, because the banks were too hasty to dismiss staff as a result of regulatory scrutiny.
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Scott’s was one in a string of cases in which police officers shot a black man under debatable circumstances, and protestors suggested that police had been too hasty in firing.
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Some angry consumers are questioning whether Samsung was too hasty in rushing to push replacement devices into the market.
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O’Neill might have been hasty in saying that universal vigilance is the future.
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Origin and Etymology of hasty
see 1haste
First Known Use: 14th century
Synonym Discussion of hasty
HASTY Defined for English Language Learners
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: done or made very quickly
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: done or made too quickly
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: acting too quickly
HASTY Defined for Kids
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hastier
;hastiest
1 : done or made in a hurry a hasty trip
2 : made, done, or decided without proper care and thought a hasty decision
hastily
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