Synonyms for hasty
ˈheɪ stihasty

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1. hasty

   Synonyms:
   speedy, rapid, superficial, hurried, irascible, impetuous, reckless, headlong, crude, incomplete, undeveloped, immature, swift, precipitate, fiery, passionate, slight, quick, excitable, rash, cursory

   Antonyms:
   slow, leisurely, careful, close, reflective, developed, matured, complete, elaborate, thoughtful, deliberate

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1. hasty, headlongadjective

   excessively quick

   "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

   Synonyms:
   overhasty, precipitous, headfirst, precipitate, precipitant, headlong

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

2. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousadjective

   done with very great haste and without due deliberation

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

   Synonyms:
   precipitous, overhasty, headlong, abrupt, sharp, precipitate, precipitant

   Antonyms:
   unhurried

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1. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick, swift, rapid, fleet, speedy, fast, brisk

2. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   cursory, slight, hurried

3. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   rash, precipitate, headlong, reckless, thoughtless, indiscreet

4. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   passionate, irritable, touchy, testy, pettish, waspish, petulant, peevish, fretful, fiery, choleric, irascible, excitable, hot, peppery

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1. hastyadjective

   Synonyms:
   swift, rapid, quick, fast, precipitate, rash, eager, precipitant, cursory, hurried, superficial

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1. List of paraphrases for "hasty":

   precipitate, over-hasty, hurried, precipitous, overhasty, precipitated, premature, rash, ill-considered, headlong

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1. Gregory Copeland:

   This decision is also a reminder that the judiciary can still serve as a powerful check when other branches of government make hasty, cruel and reckless decisions.

2. Ravindra Kumar Gupta:

   Every night, hundreds of laborers would build the flyover and they would cook and sleep near the site by day, the government wanted to complete the flyover before the elections and the laborers were working on a tight deadline. Maybe the hasty construction led to the collapse.

3. Seneca:

   Be not too hasty either with praise or blame speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

4. Thomas Huxley:

   There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are badly argued.

5. Peter Liese:

   I consider this decision to be problematic and recommend that European Union Member States do not repeat the process in the same way, a few weeks of thorough examination by the European Medicines Agency is better than a hasty emergency marketing authorisation of a vaccine.