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more precipitate

ADJECTIVE

fast, sudden; impulsive; initial

Synonyms

WEAK

abrupt breakneck brief frantic gone off half-cocked harum-scarum hasty headlong heedless hurried ill-advised impatient impetuous indiscreet jump the gun madcap off the hip off the top of head plunging precipitant quick rapid rash reckless refractory rushing subitaneous swift unanticipated uncontrolled unexpected unforeseen violent willful without warning

Antonyms

WEAK

careful cautious slow

Example Sentences

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Unless his British friends should insist on action more precipitate, Generalissimo Gamelin appeared content to reply to the Stefani report: "After you, Adolf."

From Time Magazine Archive

They looked at Nicodemus furiously, and could not reply, but continued to question the witnesses in a still more precipitate and imprudent manner.

From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine

Never did a guilty man fly from the scene of his crime with more precipitate haste, than did I from the spot which had witnessed my shame, and degradation.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

The Austrian retreat has been more precipitate, and the losses greater in proportion than in the Russian retreat from the Dunajec.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

On reflection, I am inclined to think the measures adopted in the case narrated above were somewhat more precipitate than they ought to have been.

From The Dog by Dinks