haste

Universal Words noun [U] speed in doing sth, especially because you do not have enough time: In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes. * The letter had clearly been written in haste. * After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste. * Why all the haste? * (old-fashioned) She made haste to open the door. IDIOMS more haste, less speed (BrE, saying) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes