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impetuous
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impetuous as in:  an impetuous decision

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  • And even if that impetuous fool Gennaro decided to burn it to the ground, it would not make much difference.  (source)
    impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • She's too impetuous.  (source)
  • You may think I'm impetuous; I assure you I'm not.  (source)
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  • the week the same impetuous mob swarmed into the plazas and alleys of the old neighborhoods  (source)
    impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • He felt an urgent desire to be alone with her again soon and sprang up impetuously from his table and went running outside and back down the street toward...  (source)
    impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • "I could explain—no I couldn't, either," said Henry, as the ramifications of his impetuosity sank in.  (source)
    impetuosity = impulsiveness (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • All agreed that the most important thing was to manage the impetuousness of the youngsters, for armed resistance would likely lead to a slaughter, and nonviolence was surely their most potent response, shaming their attackers into civility.†  (source)
    impetuousness = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • To say we were rotten little children would be like saying John Brown was a little on the impetuous side,  (source)
    impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • In a lake of reeds, he saw the pike hungrily hunting for its dinner; ... young fish jumped in droves out of the water; ... which the pike stirred up, impetuously hunting.  (source)
    impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • the impetuosity of youth  (source)
    impetuosity = impulsiveness
  • And with the sort of serendipity that so often rewards impetuousness, the entire family fell fiercely in love with the country that would be renamed Tanzania after independence in 1961.†  (source)
    impetuousness = impulsiveness (the trait of acting suddenly without much thought)
  • Made me feel grateful that Kyle was impetuous and selfish.  (source)
    impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
  • ...he demanded impetuously.  (source)
    impetuously = impulsively (without much thought)
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