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adjective

impetuous

acting or done quickly without thought or care

In a sentence

Six example sentences with impetuous, each labelled with its topic.

  • His impetuous pull up three with twenty seconds left erased a possession the coach had drawn up in the huddle.

    Basketball

  • One impetuous click sold the entire position at the bottom, minutes before the shares recovered.

    Finance

  • Romeo is impetuous from his first scene, falling in love on Sunday and proposing marriage by Monday night.

    Movies

  • An impetuous founder signed a five year lease on the second day of the company, before a single line of code.

    Startups

  • An impetuous charge into the boss room got the whole party wiped, since nobody had checked the map for exits.

    Gaming

  • Teenagers test as more impetuous than adults on delay tasks, grabbing the small reward now rather than waiting for the larger one.

    Psychology

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