拙速|せっそくsessoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounrough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
Conjugation
Plain form拙速(せっそく)
Polite (desu)拙速です(せっそくです)
Negative (dewa nai)拙速ではない(せっそくではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)拙速ではありません(せっそくではありません)
Past (datta)拙速だった(せっそくだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)拙速ではなかった(せっそくではなかった)
Te form (de)拙速で(せっそくで)
Adverbial (ni)拙速に(せっそくに)
Conditional (nara)拙速なら(せっそくなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related早急そうきゅうNeutralNeutral word for urgency — something that must be dealt with promptly, as in 「早急に対応する」. It says only that things are urgent; no hint of rough, poor-quality work.
  • Related大急ぎおおいそぎNeutralNeutral word, very common in speech: being in a great hurry. It conveys only the rush itself — no judgment of the quality of the result.
  • Related性急せいきゅうNeutralNeutral word for impatience or acting too hastily, as in 「性急な結論」. It stresses a hasty temperament, while 「拙速」 stresses work that is rough because fast.
  • Related短兵急たんぺいきゅうWrittenWritten/formal word for an impetuous nature — acting at once without thinking. It highlights a hasty temperament, while 「拙速」 highlights work done fast but roughly.
  • Antonym巧遅こうちWrittenWritten/formal antonym: work that is fine and polished but slow. Often set against 「拙速」 in the saying 「巧遅は拙速に如かず」.

Use 「拙速」 for work done fast though rough, as in 「拙速な判断」. Need it handled urgently? Use 「早急」. Impatient by nature? 「性急」. Just in a big hurry? 「大急ぎ」. The antonym 「巧遅」 is fine but slow work.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (積極的せっきょくてき評価ひょうか)質しつは万全ばんぜんではないが、仕事しごと、処理しょりなどが速はやいこと。
  2. (消極的しょうきょくてき評価ひょうか)仕事しごと、処理しょりなどが速はやいだけで、品質ひんしつが劣おとること。
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