impetuosity
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These people having no towns, all their wars are carried on with eagerness and impetuosity.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Put it down, perhaps, to the impetuosity of inexperience, and also to unawareness of a significant back problem, which Federer later detailed.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022
“Because Anderson has not proved that the 1994 murders reflected youthful immaturity, impetuosity, or failure to appreciate risks and consequences, Washington’s constitution does not forbid his standard-range 61-year sentence,” Stephens wrote in the majority opinion.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022
He ascribed a 2006 college essay, and its anti-Semitic overtones, to the impetuosity of youth.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022
Nevertheless, he started personally on this expedition with his usual ferocity and impetuosity.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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