Vocabulary
Haste
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Often, to placate the IMF, the same set of austerity measures has been repeatedly recycled over the past several years only to be cast aside with remarkable haste.
Dawn Editorials —
Austerity delusion
— 2026-04-06
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Parliament must reclaim its role as a forum for debate where laws are scrutinised before enforcement, not justified after the fact, and committees are allowed to function without pressure or haste.
Dawn Editorials —
The year ahead
— 2026-01-01
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Arguably, while bilateral relations should be pursued, and other multilateral partnerships explored further, the South Asian dream of harmony and peace should not be buried in such haste.
Dawn Editorials —
Saarc at 40
— 2025-12-15
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The 27th Amendment has been adopted in haste.Legislators have left it to their constituentstorepentatleisure.The Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi once defined democracy as a tripod of `the executive, the legislature and the judiciary`.
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Pyrrhic laurels
— 2025-11-20
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How often have we seen Netanyahu appearing on TV post-haste to condole the passing of a rapidly evolving patron-turned-critic of Israel that Charlie Kirk had become.
Dawn Editorials —
Fearing the spectre of Godot
— 2025-11-11
Synonyms
speed, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, swiftness, rapidity, rapidness, quickness
Curator example
“working with feverish haste”
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