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Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
Answer for the clue "Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness) ", 11 letters:
hurriedness
Word definitions for hurriedness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: haste , hastiness , hurry , precipitation ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state of being hurried.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurried \Hur"ried\, a. Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life. Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job. ``A hurried meeting.'' --Milton. -- Hur"ried*ly , adv. -- Hur"ried*ness ...
Usage examples of hurriedness.
Her hurriedness seemed slow in comparison to the way contempt for herself filled her.
The scientists at the labs had not figured on the hurriedness of the malaise of insidious maligned death fluttering like a blanket of vultures over a now doomed landmass.
But in their way they serve as focal points in the modern world, places where the technology and the psychology of hurriedness come together.
Conrad get with some hurriedness into his car and bundle out into the market square.
Other than the hurriedness of his speech, he seemed supremely confident that she would agree to his outrageous proposal.