hastiness
Acting without thinking
Hastiness is excessive speed in acting or deciding, often implying carelessness or poor judgment.
Where haste can be neutral or even positive, hastiness carries a note of recklessness: The hastiness of his response suggested he hadn't really thought it through.
The word implies that slowing down would have produced better results.
Imprudent haste in action
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- ill-consideredLacking careful thought
- incautiousCarelessly unguarded
- unthinkingLacking conscious thought
imprudent · indiscreet · careless · heedless · injudicious · brash · unwise · thoughtless
Acting without forethought
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- impetuosityHasty, unthinking action
- whimSudden arbitrary desire
- capriceUnpredictable urge or notion
snap · spur · knee-jerk · impromptu · gut · urge · instinct · compulsion
Move with urgency
- rushQuick sudden movement
- scrambleMix into disorder
- scurryHurried small-stepped motion
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
frenzy · deadline · urgent · urgency · expedite · accelerate · fast-track · pressured
Moving with speed
- swiftMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- speedyCharacterized by quickness
brisk · fleet · prompt · lightning · whirlwind · express · breakneck · hurried
Occurring without prior notice
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- startlingCausing sudden surprise
brusque · curt · sharp · blunt · unanticipated · abruptness · premature · untimely
rashness
Imprudent haste in action
- foolhardyRecklessly bold
- ill-consideredLacking careful thought
- incautiousCarelessly unguarded
unthinking · imprudent · indiscreet · careless · heedless · injudicious · brash · unwise · thoughtless · reckless
spontaneity
Acting without forethought
- impetuousActing on sudden urge
- impetuosityHasty, unthinking action
- whimSudden arbitrary desire
caprice · snap · spur · knee-jerk · impromptu · gut · urge · instinct · compulsion · inclination
hurry
Move with urgency
hustle · frenzy · deadline · urgent · urgency · expedite · accelerate · fast-track · pressured · last-minute
quick
Moving with speed
speedy · brisk · fleet · prompt · lightning · whirlwind · express · breakneck · hurried · cursory
sudden
Occurring without prior notice
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
startling · brusque · curt · sharp · blunt · unanticipated · abruptness · premature · untimely · unseemly
- impulsivityimpulsiveness, impulsivity, rashness, recklessness, impetuosity
- speedspeed, quickness, rate, velocity, pace
- angeranger, rage, fury, wrath, ire
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- shortsightednessmyopia, short-termism, tunnel vision
hastinessslowness
Absence of quickness
leisureliness · unhurriedness · sluggishness · lethargy · torpor
hastinessdeliberation
Careful weighing of choices
deliberateness · carefulness · thoughtfulness · consideration · circumspection
hastinesscaution
Careful attention to risk
cautiousness · wariness · care · prudence · circumspection
hasty, haste, hastily, hasten, hastier, overhasty, overhastily