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overhasty

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Too hasty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I realized that I had been overhasty in selecting a dance partner when my toes were trodden on yet again.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hasty marriage seldom proveth well
  • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning
  • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
  • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English hasty English overhasty From over- + hasty.