rush to judgment

A form of rush to judgement — An attempt to come to conclusions despite incomplete information and possibly due to a preexisting bias.

Meanings

nounrush to judgment (plural rushes to judgment)

plural rushes to judgment

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rush to judgement
verbrush to judgment (third-person singular simple present rushes to judgment, present participle rushing to judgment, simple past and past participle rushed to judgment)

present singular third person rushes to judgment · participle present rushing to judgment · participle past rushed to judgment · past rushed to judgment

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of rush to judgement
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Chicago

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