over-hastyadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈheɪsti/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈheɪsti/ Too hasty; rash, precipitate.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > hasty or sudden > excessively
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skita1529
preproperous1555
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trigger-happy1943
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 29 (MED) Ouer hasty and vndiscreete awaiters and bacbiters in oþer wise of me feele or diffame.
J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) 967 (MED) Trwe that prouerbe than preuyd so, That ouer-hasty man wantyd neuer woo.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 333 She thought hir sister dame Lyonesse was a lytyll overhasty, that she myght nat abyde hir tyme of maryage.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 111 Be noght ouer-hasty yn þi werkys.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxvii. 28) Least any man should bee overhastie and swift in judgment.
1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 254 The safest way is not to be ouer-hasty to burie women..for some haue beene knowne so long after their supposed deaths to reuiue.
1696 T. Dilke Lover's Luck iii. 26 O, Sir, there might be danger in an over-hasty Bliss.
1732 J. Kelly Married Philosopher IV. 44 I appeal to your own reason, and that will lay before you the inconveniences of an overhasty marriage.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 379 It cannot be too strongly recommended to observers in this..not to be over-hasty in their decisions.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. iii. 40 In the meanwhile, to prevent overhasty conclusions, I must just hint to you, we are but yet on the verge of the adventure.
1926 Sci. Monthly Feb. 133/1 Psychologists..have been guilty of over-hasty generalization.
1977 C. Storr Tales Psychiatrist's Couch iv. 35 I am apt sometimes to be..over-hasty in my interruptions and interpretations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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