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most precipitate

ADJECTIVE

fast, sudden; impulsive; initial

Synonyms

WEAK

abrupt breakneck brief frantic gone off half-cocked harum-scarum hasty headlong heedless hurried ill-advised impatient impetuous indiscreet jump the gun madcap off the hip off the top of head plunging precipitant quick rapid rash reckless refractory rushing subitaneous swift unanticipated uncontrolled unexpected unforeseen violent willful without warning

Antonyms

WEAK

careful cautious slow

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most precipitate

Of all the strategic fields on which to wage war against Bull Meecham, the automobile was the most precipitate.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

I have never better appreciated the incomparable sure-footedness of camels in the most precipitate places.

From Atlantida by Pierre Benôit

I was prompted to run, as if the pest was rushing upon me and could be eluded only by the most precipitate flight.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown

During the progress of this expedition, however, so terrible a caterwauling broke forth, as it seemed, from the immediate neighbourhood of the fender, that my disconcerted helpmate made a most precipitate retreat.

From Successful Recitations by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles

He was one of the most precipitate among those who fled back to Washington.

From Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War by Nathaniel W. (Nathaniel Wright) Stephenson