precipitous 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
Examples
- 1.wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
- 2.rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
- 3.hasty marriage seldom proveth well- Shakespeare
- 4.hasty makeshifts take the place of planning- Arthur Geddes
Synonyms
- hasty 2
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- overhasty 1
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- precipitate 1
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
- precipitant 1
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
