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overhastened

overhastened adjective: brought on too hastily; rushed.

Adjective

overhastened (comparative more overhastened, superlative most overhastened)

  1. Brought on too hastily; rushed.
    • Sometimes conclusions were overhastened and rashly arrived at; but, as a rule, the exquisite critical subtlety of the old thinkers kept them safe from error […]1867, The British Controversialist, and Literary Magazine, page 89

Forms of overhastened

comparativemore overhastened
superlativemost overhastened

Origin of overhastened

From over- + hastened.

Questions about overhastened

What does overhastened mean?
Overhastened means brought on too hastily; rushed.
What part of speech is overhastened?
Overhastened is an adjective.

Words near overhastened in the dictionary

  1. overharvested
  2. overharvesting
  3. overharvests
  4. overhaste
  5. overhasten
  6. overhastened
  7. overhastily
  8. overhastiness
  9. overhasty
  10. overhate
  11. overhated

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