impetuous
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As he or she is surrounded by staffers with expertise, the boss’s insecurity can lead to a series of impetuous decisions.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"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
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
Henry will come to regret it, of course, but he is an impetuous and paranoid narcissist, with little sense of history and even less vision.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025
As I think about my impetuous brother, I can imagine him being that young man who made a run for the forest, doing everything he possibly could to try to survive.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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