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overhasty

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of overhasty

acting or done with excessive or careless speed

an overhasty reading of the recipe resulted in the omission of a critical ingredient

Synonyms of overhasty

cursory, drive-by, flying, gadarene, hasty, headlong, helter-skelter, hurried, pell-mell, precipitate, precipitous, rash, rushed

Words Related to overhasty

breakneck, breathtaking

headstrong, heady, hotheaded, impatient, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, reckless, unadvised

quick, rapid, speedy, swift

horseback, impromptu, makeshift, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff, rush, slapdash, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment

Near Antonyms of overhasty

calculated, calculating, measured

circumspect, foresighted, forethoughtful

drawn-out, extended, long-term, prolonged

faltering, hesitant, hesitating, tentative

dallying, dawdling, laggard, leisurely, poky (or pokey), shilly-shallying, slow

Antonyms of overhasty

deliberate, unhurried, unrushed

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