snap judgment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsnapandjudgment
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snap
adjective[before noun]
uk/snæp/us/snæp/
done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought ...
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judgment
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/us/ˈdʒʌdʒ.mənt/
the ability to form valuable opinions and make ...
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(Definition ofsnapandjudgmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsnap judgment
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I am glad we did not make asnapjudgmenton these issues.
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I cannot consider it with any commitment, because it is a new point, and it would be foolish of me to give asnapjudgment.
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It would be quite wrong to make anysnapjudgmentabout the chain of command.
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This was obviously not a matter on which we, as laymen, could take asnapjudgment.
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That was not a decision to be taken lightly or as asnapjudgmenton the basis of one-monthly returns.
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Our conclusion was not asnapjudgment.
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To offer asnapjudgmenton the election observer team, the two individuals seem very appropriate to the task.
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I am saying that it is a political judgment after long and anxious thought, and not an arbitrary,snapjudgment.
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I do not wish to make asnapjudgmentabout whether these matters should be reconsidered.
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My advice is that we go back to the original view, which was nosnapjudgmentbut was the result of discussion, argument and vote at every stage.
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It is hard on the shopkeeper if he must make asnapjudgmentand someone else may be judge and jury in his case at court.
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However, to ask one single traffic warden to make asnapjudgment, possibly, on what may be a borderline infringement, is surely a recipe for disaster.
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Do they just glance at the list and make asnapjudgment?
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And these are not just 300-word snap judgments but 2000-word essays with space to extend and develop their themes.
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We should discuss the facts, what people have said, not make snap judgments by a mere label.
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We must not jump to conclusions or make snap judgments.
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The idea that we should make snap judgments—which will have effect for many generations, perhaps for centuries—is a wholly wrong approach.
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It is important that we should not rush into snap judgments on those matters.
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We should examine the facts and not make snap judgments or exaggerate the effects.
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I do not propose to rush into any snap judgments.
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