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fast
Lasting; permanent:
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  1. Lasting; permanent:
  2. Disposed to dissipation; wild:
  3. Firmly fixed or fastened:
quick
Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
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  1. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  2. Done or occurring immediately:
  3. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
speedy
Characterized by speed of motion; rapid; swift
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  1. Characterized by speed of motion; rapid; swift
  2. Without delay; quick; prompt
swift
Moving or capable of moving with great speed; rapid; fast
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  1. Moving or capable of moving with great speed; rapid; fast
  2. Acting or responding quickly; prompt; ready
  3. Coming, occurring, or accomplished quickly:
ill-advised
Performed, carried out, or done without the benefit of wise counsel or careful prior deliberation.
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  1. Performed, carried out, or done without the benefit of wise counsel or careful prior deliberation.
  2. Showing or resulting from a lack of sound advice or careful consideration; unwise
precipitate
Moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong.
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  1. Moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong.
  2. Falling steeply, rushing headlong, flowing swiftly, etc.
  3. Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation.
foolhardy
Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
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  1. Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
  2. Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash.
  3. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
brief
Using relatively few words; concise
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  1. Using relatively few words; concise
  2. Short in time, duration, length, or extent.
  3. Of short duration or extent
expeditious
Done with or characterized by expedition; efficient and speedy; prompt
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  1. Done with or characterized by expedition; efficient and speedy; prompt
  2. Fast, prompt, speedy.
  3. (Of a process or thing) Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
fast
Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:
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  1. Acquired quickly with little effort and sometimes unscrupulously:
  2. Allowing rapid movement or action:
  3. Designed for or compatible with a short exposure time:
flying
Hasty and brief
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  1. Hasty and brief
  2. Moving as if flying; moving swiftly; fast
  3. Of or relating to aviation:
hurried
Moving or acting rapidly.
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  1. Moving or acting rapidly.
  2. Done in great haste:
  3. Required to move or act more rapidly; rushed.
quick
Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
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  1. Perceiving or responding with speed and sensitivity; keen:
  2. Moving or functioning rapidly and energetically; speedy:
  3. Occurring, achieved, or acquired in a relatively brief period of time:
rapid
Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed.
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  1. Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed.
  2. Moving, progressing, or occurring with speed; swift; fast; quick
short
(Phonet.) Articulated for a relatively short time; brief in duration
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  1. (Phonet.) Articulated for a relatively short time; brief in duration
  2. Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
  3. Easily provoked; irascible:
speedy
Characterized by speed of motion; rapid; swift
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  1. Characterized by speed of motion; rapid; swift
  2. Without delay; quick; prompt
swift
Moving or capable of moving with great speed; rapid; fast
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  1. Moving or capable of moving with great speed; rapid; fast
  2. Coming, occurring, or accomplished quickly:
  3. Quick to act or react:
brash
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
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  1. (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
  2. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
  3. Hasty and reckless; rash; impetuous
foolhardy
Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
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  1. Bold or daring in a foolish way; rash; reckless
  2. Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; bold but rash; hotheaded
  3. Unwisely bold or venturesome; rash.
harum-scarum
Wild, careless, irresponsible
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  1. Wild, careless, irresponsible
  2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; reckless.
  3. Acting or done in a reckless or rash way; irresponsible
headlong
Done with the head leading; headfirst:
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  1. Done with the head leading; headfirst:
  2. Reckless; impetuous
  3. Impetuous; rash.
hotheaded
Quick-tempered; easily made angry
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  1. Quick-tempered; easily made angry
  2. Pertaining to or characteristic of a hothead or hotheadedness; (of a person) easily excited or angered.
  3. Hasty; rash
ill-considered
Unwise; foolish:
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  1. Unwise; foolish:
  2. Not properly considered; not suitable or wise
impetuous
(Now Rare) Moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious
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  1. (Now Rare) Moving with great force or violence; having great impetus; rushing; furious
  2. Having or marked by violent force:
  3. Acting or done suddenly with little thought; rash; impulsive
improvident
Not providing for the future; thriftless.
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  1. Not providing for the future; thriftless.
  2. Failing to provide for the future; lacking foresight, thrift, etc.
  3. Rash; incautious.
impulsive
(Physics) Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
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  1. (Physics) Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
  2. (Mech.) Acting briefly and as a result of impulse
  3. Produced by or resulting from a sudden impulse
incautious
Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution
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  1. Careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution
  2. Not cautious; not careful or prudent; reckless; rash
  3. Not cautious; rash.
madcap
Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.
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  1. Behaving or acting impulsively or rashly; wild.
  2. Reckless, uninhibited, or zany
precipitant
Rushing or falling headlong.
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  1. Rushing or falling headlong.
  2. Acting with or marked by impulsiveness in thought or action; rash.
  3. Precipitate
precipitate
Acting, happening, or done very hastily or rashly; impetuous; headstrong
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  1. Acting, happening, or done very hastily or rashly; impetuous; headstrong
  2. Falling steeply, rushing headlong, flowing swiftly, etc.
  3. Acting with or marked by excessive haste and lack of due deliberation.
rash
Characterized by too great haste or recklessness
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  1. Characterized by too great haste or recklessness
  2. Resulting from or acting with ill-considered haste or boldness.
  3. (Obs.) Bringing quick results
reckless
Careless; heedless
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  1. Careless; heedless
  2. Acting or done with a lack of care or caution; careless or irresponsible.
  3. Not regarding consequences; headlong and irresponsible; rash
slapdash
Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
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  1. Done hastily; haphazard; careless.
  2. Hasty and careless, as in execution:
  3. Hasty, careless, impetuous, etc.
temerarious
Presumptuously or recklessly bold; rash or reckless:
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  1. Presumptuously or recklessly bold; rash or reckless:
  2. Reckless; rash
unconsidered
Done without consideration; not based upon careful reflection
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  1. Done without consideration; not based upon careful reflection
  2. Not considered; not taken into account
  3. Not reasoned or considered; rash:
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Sentence Examples

  • I'm asking you not to make a hasty decision.

  • She raised her face to look at him and caught Sarah and Connie making a hasty exit from the room.

  • It's in the Emperor's service... it can't be helped... one is sometimes a bit hasty on parade...

  • They too beat a hasty departure for the downstairs.

  • His corrections are often hasty and false, but a surprisingly large proportion of them have since received confirmation from MSS.

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