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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Hastiness \Has"ti*ness\, noun The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
hastiness
noun
1: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" [syn: {haste}, {hurry}, {hurriedness}, {precipitation}]
2: hasty impulsiveness
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "hastiness": abandon, abruptness, alacrity, careless abandon, carelessness, casualness, cursoriness, desperateness, devil-may-careness, disregardfulness, easiness, expeditiousness, fecklessness, feverishness, forgetfulness, forwardness, furiousness, haste, heedlessness, hotheadedness, hurriedness, impatience, impetuosity, impetuousness, improvidence, impulse, impulsiveness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, indifference, insouciance, lack of foresight, lax stewardship, laziness, negligence, oblivion, offhandedness, overeagerness, overenthusiasm, overhastiness, overzealousness, perfunctoriness, poor husbandry, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness, precociousness, precocity, prematureness, prematurity, promptness, quickness, rashness, recklessness, regardlessness, rush, shiftlessness, speed, sprezzatura, suddenness, swiftness, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, thriftlessness, unheedfulness, unmindfulness, unpreparedness, unreadiness, unsolicitousness, unsolicitude, unthinkingness, untimeliness, wantonness, wildness
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