hasty

That’s when people make hasty decisions that don’t totally align with their goals.

The backlash triggered a hasty softening of the tone from Beijing.

These and other factors “snowballed into a liquidity crisis” — that is, the company needed a hasty infusion of cash.

Some natural-gas executives point out that volatility could cut both ways, which makes them wary of making hasty decisions.

Some travelers say they left children and family members behind with hasty goodbyes; others rushed to fly back to avoid being separated from family in the U.S. if they were unable to re-enter the country.