adjective
- excessively hasty or impulsive; too quick to act without sufficient thought or caution
Usage: archaic or literary; rarely used in modern English
Examples
- His overrash decision to quit his job without another offer lined up proved to be a mistake.
- The general's overrash attack left his troops vulnerable to counterattack.
- She regretted her overrash words spoken in anger.
- An overrash judgment about the situation led to unnecessary conflict.
- The committee warned against taking an overrash approach to the proposal.