Meaning of haste

[Karla]

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Speed", question 10

I appreciate your hard work but sometimes you're so fast that you miss the details and I think it's a case of more ......... less speed.

(a) hurry
(b) hasty
(c) haste
(d) hurried

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #48 "Speed", answer 10

I appreciate your hard work but sometimes you're so fast that you miss the details and I think it's a case of more haste less speed.

Correct answer: (c) haste

Your answer was: incorrect
I appreciate your hard work but sometimes you're so fast that you miss the details and I think it's a case of more hasty less speed.
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What is haste?

Karla

[Alan]

Hi Karla,

Haste has the sense of hurry often used in a figurative sense and suggesting doing something quickly often without thinking as in:

He ran out of the room and in his haste he forgot to take his car keys with him.

Alan
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