overhastened

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adjective

Brought on too hastily; rushed.

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Meanings

adjectiveoverhastened (comparative more overhastened, superlative most overhastened)

comparative more overhastened · superlative most overhastened

  1. Brought on too hastily; rushed.

    Sometimes conclusions were overhastened and rashly arrived at; but, as a rule, the exquisite critical subtlety of the old thinkers kept them safe from error […]

    1867, The British Controversialist, and Literary Magazine, page 89

Origin

From over- + hastened.

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APA

overhastened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhastened

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“overhastened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhastened. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overhastened,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overhastened.

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