hastiness
hastiness · hastinesses
The characteristic of being hastyThe characteristic of being hasty.
» His hastiness sometimes messes things up.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)The characteristic of being hasty.
hasty impulsiveness
Examples
1 sentencesHis hastiness sometimes messes things up.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English hastynes; equivalent to hasty + -ness.From Middle English hastynes; equivalent to hasty + -ness.
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Forms
plural: hastinesses| Singular | hastiness |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- overly eager speed (and possible carelessness):hastehurryhurriednessprecipitation
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhasty
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.