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impetuous

[im-pech-oo-uhs] / ɪmˈpɛtʃ u əs /


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"When you come on and your team is losing it gives you that extra impetuous to try and change it."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

He distanced himself from his impetuous comments of recent weeks, when he described his season with Ferrari as "a nightmare" and said he was not looking forward to 2026.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

Dutiful Meg paradoxically longs for leisure and fashionable clothes; impetuous Jo yearns for literary fame; shy, music-loving Beth wishes only for everyone to be happy; artistic Amy craves admiration and status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

This new Angie is as impetuous, brash, willful and secretive as the original.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

She looked at Ser Rodrik with his great white whiskers, at Maester Luwin in his grey robes, at young Greyjoy, lean and dark and impetuous.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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