Added 9 October 2026 overhasty adjective Categories: Describing WordsObscure Words adjective ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about overhasty at Wordnik → Where our words come from → Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. hasty marriage seldom proveth well Related Words: hurriedhastyprecipitateprecipitantrashprecipitatedknee-jerkprecipitousheadlongrecklessill-consideredpremature Back to today's word