as in impulsive
acting or done with excessive or careless speed
that was too rash a move, for now I've lost my bishop and probably the whole chess game
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Recent Examples of rash
Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Lone star ticks: Found in the eastern, southeastern, and south-central U.S., lone star ticks can sometimes cause a circular rash.
—Laura Schober, Health, 9 July 2025
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
But when that isn’t the case, there are sloppy mistakes and rash decisions.
—The View From The Lane, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Adjective
By 2024, the rash of injuries started as LeMahieu began the season with a foot contusion that cost him 55 games and then missed the final 22 games with hip impingement, keeping
The Yankees played 40 postseason games while LeMahieu was on the team.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Lone star ticks: Found in the eastern, southeastern, and south-central U.S., lone star ticks can sometimes cause a circular rash.
—Laura Schober, Health, 9 July 2025
Noun
Sonny signs on and immediately gets into tense dustups with Pearce who, like Sonny, is prone to making rash decisions and is more of an individual racer than a team player.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
But when that isn’t the case, there are sloppy mistakes and rash decisions.
—The View From The Lane, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rash
Adjective
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Merz, 69, is impulsive, prickly under pressure and occasionally leans into populist bluster.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
26 June 2025
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Unlike reckless risk-taking, which is impulsive and uninformed, calculated risk should be strategic and intentional.—
Vikram Joshi,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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Climate change, poverty, the savaged middle class, plagues and the rise of A.I. need to be faced now with far more vigor than when they were first realized back in my youth.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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What’s the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague?—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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After a hurried recovery period in his upstate hospital, Dexter heads to New York City, where his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) has moved.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 July 2025
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Here’s how Kansas and Missouri representatives and senators voted in the hurried push to pass President Trump’s massive, controversial spending bill.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The agency’s models find that there is a 95% chance that the epidemic is growing, which means more states could start to see increases in infections.—
Alice Park,
Time,
24 July 2025
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But in the wake of the AIDS epidemic, and the disappearance of many urban cruising grounds in response to health ordinances and gentrification, an in-person practice shifted online.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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While some seemed excited about Buck's sudden appearance, some speculated about the possibility of Stephanopoulos leaving the show.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Then Kings of Leon and Black Keys come out of Nashville and then all of a sudden the diversity of the music that was coming out of there started to really grow over a short period of time.—
Melonee Hurt,
The Tennessean,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Indicating just how much hasn’t changed in the interim, women’s wrestling segments are often the first to get cut, a spate of female performers have been let go from their contracts in regular layoffs, and despite the additional women’s championships, these titles aren’t regularly defended.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
12 July 2025
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Its seventh-generation foldables make the biggest leap yet, responding to a new spate of thinner foldables from Google, Oppo, and others.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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All hands beat a hasty re treat to the cabin and barricaded themselves behind the companionway door.—
Pat Smith,
Outdoor Life,
24 July 2025
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The recent uptick may be hasty unless the company can consistently deliver production, manage expenses, and progress towards generating sustainable cash flow.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Noun
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One day floating in a small raft in the Pacific turned into six weeks, with little food, less water and even less hope of being found.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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For the past four days, Jonathan McComb has climbed into inflatable Zodiac rafts or hiked along the flood-scarred banks of the Guadalupe River, poking through brambles and uprooted trees, looking for victims.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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“Rash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rash. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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