hasty decision

collocation in English

meaningsofhastyanddecision

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hasty
adjective
uk
/ˈheɪ.sti/
us
/ˈheɪ.sti/
Hasty actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care ...
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decision
noun
uk
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
us
/dɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
a choice that you make about something after thinking about ...
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(Definition ofhastyanddecisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It did not, however, serve as a pretext forhastydecision-making - far from it!
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It would be wrong to take ahastydecisionon this important matter.
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I have not come to ahastydecision, taken without proper contemplation of all the consequences.
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We shall not arrive at anyhastydecision, and we shall consider all interests.
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Should that fact not be borne in mind before ahastydecisionis taken to close a school because of a reduction in numbers?
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We are not going to take ahastydecision, but the ban was not intended to be for all time.
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It is not sufficient for us to take ahastydecisiontonight.
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We really must ask for ahastydecision.
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All these matters have been gone into very thoroughly indeed, and nohastydecisionhas been reached.
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It is not a question of ahastydecision.
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These proposals show signs of ratherhastydecision, not clearly thought out when the original statements were made, and arguments brought forward subsequently.
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Do they not think that this is rather ahastydecision?
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I am not saying that this matter does not require study, but it certainly does not requirehastydecision.
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The problem is too important to allow that to happen and carers deserve much more consideration than ahastydecision.
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That is another factor in the equation that we must consider more closely before anyhastydecisionis taken after the consultation.
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It is not a matter which could in any circumstances be the subject of a sudden andhastydecision.
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It would be wrong to make ahastydecisionto dismantle security operations in such areas.
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Ahastydecisionis unlikely to be the right one.
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Nothing could be worse than having a botched-uphastydecision.
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