Definition of OVERHASTY

overhasty

Adjective Satellite

  • done with very great haste and without due deliberation; - Shakespeare; - Arthur Geddes
    • "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"

Adj

  • Too hasty.

Examples

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

Origin / Etymology

From over- + hasty.

Scrabble Score: 18

overhasty: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
overhasty: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
overhasty: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

overhasty: valid Words With Friends Word