Idiom
snap judgment
Meaning
A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Try not to make a snap judgment about the new neighbor.”
“It is unfair to make a snap judgment about his character before you have even spoken to him.”
“The committee was warned against making a snap judgment, as the complex legal implications required a much more thorough and careful review of the evidence.”
Examples
simple
“Try not to make a snap judgment about the new neighbor.”
contextual
“It is unfair to make a snap judgment about his character before you have even spoken to him.”
complex
“The committee was warned against making a snap judgment, as the complex legal implications required a much more thorough and careful review of the evidence.”
Origin
From snap + judgment.
Key words
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