Undue haste. Thread starter Dr. Appalayya Start date Nov 12, Appalayya Senior Member Hyderabad, India. If an officer shows undue haste in processing a file and having it reach him quickly so as to take his most sought-after decision before anybody gives his inputs, what is that hasty decision-making process called?
Which term best describes the such hasty decision maker? I'm not sure there's a specific phrase to use for your example but probably what the officer is doing is "cutting corners" meaning that he's not following the proper way of doing things and is taking shortcuts. There may be a more precise term for it, but I am not sure. These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'haste.
Send us feedback. See more words from the same century. Accessed 14 Nov. See the full definition for haste in the English Language Learners Dictionary. Nglish: Translation of haste for Spanish Speakers. Britannica English: Translation of haste for Arabic Speakers.
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How to use haste in a sentence These enterprises clearly have accomplished a lot in their short lives, but in their haste , most have not captured their history, unlike their longer-lived peers in other sectors.
For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge Ram Iyer July 30, TechCrunch. A radical Hindu group said Thursday the Vatican was acting with undue haste to canonize Mother Teresa, a news agency reported.
The following year, he argued that the government acted with undue haste in approving the Bank of Nova Scotia's takeover of National Trust. We have folk at the same time saying it's been open too long and saying it's being closed with undue haste. Even so, he ruefully acknowledges that he plunged into the venture with undue haste.
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