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rush to judgement

rush to judgement noun: an attempt to come to conclusions despite incomplete information and possibly due to a preexisting bias.

Noun

rush to judgement (plural rushes to judgement)

  1. An attempt to come to conclusions despite incomplete information and possibly due to a preexisting bias.
    • Rather than collecting the facts, it was a rush to judgement on the part of the department's leaders.

Verb

rush to judgement (third-person singular simple present rushes to judgement, present participle rushing to judgement, simple past and past participle rushed to judgement)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of jump to conclusions

Synonyms of rush to judgement

Forms of rush to judgement

Noun
pluralrushes to judgement
alternative formrush to judgment
Verb
third-person singular presentrushes to judgement
present participlerushing to judgement
past participlerushed to judgement
pastrushed to judgement

Questions about rush to judgement

What does rush to judgement mean?
Rush to judgement means an attempt to come to conclusions despite incomplete information and possibly due to a preexisting bias.
What part of speech is rush to judgement?
Rush to judgement can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of rush to judgement?
The plural of rush to judgement is rushes to judgement.

Words near rush to judgement in the dictionary

  1. rush out
  2. rush ring
  3. rush rings
  4. Rush River
  5. rush skeletonweed
  6. rush to judgement
  7. rush to judgment
  8. rush toad
  9. rush toads
  10. rush'd
  11. rush-bearing

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