[
UK
/hˈeɪstɪnəs/
]
NOUN
- hasty impulsiveness
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overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
he soon regretted his haste
How To Use hastiness In A Sentence
- The Maoists 'move came a fortnight after they served an ultimatum to General Katawal, seeking his clarification on recruitments by military, its "hastiness" in reinstating eight generals retired by the government and its decision not to participate in the National Games. IBN Top Headlines
- Their faults can be as large in scale as their virtues, and an excessively negative Leonian can be one of the most unpleasant human beings imaginable, displaying extreme arrogance, autocratic pride, haughtiness, and excessive hastiness of temper. Archive 2007-07-01
- Sandy Stewart "napped" stones on the road in his shirt sleeves, wet or fair, summer and winter, till he was persuaded to retire from active duty at eighty-five, and he spent ten years more in regretting his hastiness and criticising his successor. A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 1
- He had several more days of work ahead of him in order to study all of the documents Eliot needed, and the more he brooded over it and regretted his hastiness, the more difficult it would be to concentrate on his work.
- The Maoists 'move came a fortnight after they served an ultimatum to Gen Katawal, seeking his clarification on recruitments by military, its "hastiness" in reinstating eight generals retired by the government and its decision not to participate in the National Games. The Times of India
- The moment you betray irritation and hastiness in your manner towards Ramasamy, he ceases to follow you.
- I shall never subdue that kind of hastiness altogether. The Research Magnificent
- The authority in his voice was so compelling that I felt no surprise when the men obeyed immediately, lowering their weapons with the hastiness of children caught stealing sugar.
- If you compose ane-mail in haste, especially if your hastiness is prompted by anger, you may quickly regret the moment you hit the "Send" button.
- Regardless, he attributes the hastiness of the reviews to the nature of contemporary music.