word-vault/dist/data/cards/ha/hasty.json

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{
    "term": "hasty",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "said, made or done very quickly, especially when this has bad results",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a hasty departure/meal/farewell"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We made a hasty departure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army beat a hasty retreat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's not make any hasty decisions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She regretted her hasty words the moment she’d spoken."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "hurried"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "acting or deciding too quickly, without enough thought",
            "sensetop": "hasty in doing something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Perhaps I was too hasty in rejecting his offer."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid something unpleasant",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I decided to beat a hasty retreat."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈheɪsti/",
                "audio": "ha/hasty/hasty__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈheɪsti/",
                "audio": "ha/hasty/hasty__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French hasti, hastif, from haste(noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin."
}