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Learn “Hasty

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Hasty

adjective/HAY-stee/

Done in a hurry, often too quickly to be careful or wise.

She made a hasty exit when she heard the lunch bell ring.

Hasty holds 'haste' — doing something in such haste it turns careless.

Use it when speed causes mistakes; it often carries a hint of being too quick.