overhasty

o·ver·hast·y

[oh-ver-hey-stee]
adjective
excessively hasty; rash: overhasty judgment.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see over-, hasty

o·ver·hast·i·ly, adverb
o·ver·hast·i·ness, noun
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overhasty

adjective
done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king" [syn: hasty
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Overhasty is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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