"haste makes waste" meaning in English

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Proverb

Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} haste makes waste, {{en-proverb}} haste makes waste
  1. Being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes. Synonyms: look before you leap Related terms: great haste makes great waste, more haste, less speed Translations (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes): فِي الْعَجَلَة اَلنَّدَامَة (fī l-ʕajala n-nadāma) (Arabic), العجلة من الشيطان (Arabic), tələsən təndirə düşər (Azerbaijani), 欲速則不達 (Chinese Mandarin), 欲速则不达 (yù sù zé bù dá) (Chinese Mandarin), práce kvapná málo platná (Czech), práce kvapná, málo platná (Czech), hastværk er lastværk (Danish), haastige spoed is zelden goed (Dutch), haast en spoed is zelden goed (Dutch), ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi (Finnish), hâte rend déchets (French), as présas nunca son boas (Galician), მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო (močkares mougviandeso) (Georgian), gut Ding will Weile haben (German), Eile mit Weile (German), nichts mit Hast als Flöhe fangen (German), in Eile gefreit, in Muße bereut (German), जल्दी काम शैतान का (jaldī kām śaitān kā) (Hindi), lassan járj, tovább érsz (Hungarian), hamar munka ritkán jó (Hungarian), la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi (Italian), 急がば回れ (Japanese), 果報は寝て待て (Japanese), 急いては事を仕損じる (Japanese), استعجل تبطى وتاكل خبطة (Libyan Arabic), брза кучка слепи кучиња раѓа (brza kučka slepi kučinja raǵa) (Macedonian), яарвал даарна ядарвал өлсөнө (jaarval daarna jadarval ölsönö) (Mongolian), hastverk er lastverk (Norwegian Bokmål), hastverk er lastverk (Norwegian Nynorsk), عجله کار شیطان است ('ajale kâr-e šeytân ast) (Persian), co nagle, to po diable (Polish), gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy (Polish), a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição (Portuguese), graba strică treaba (Romanian), las prisas no son buenas consejeras (Spanish), haraka haraka haina baraka (Swahili), acele işe şeytan karışır (Turkish), ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent (Vilamovian)

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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "hastværk er lastværk"
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "hâte rend déchets"
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "gut Ding will Weile haben"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brza kučka slepi kučinja raǵa",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'ajale kâr-e šeytân ast",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "عجله کار شیطان است"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "co nagle, to po diable"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "graba strică treaba"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)",
          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes"
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
          "word": "las prisas no son buenas consejeras"
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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          "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "fī l-ʕajala n-nadāma",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "فِي الْعَجَلَة اَلنَّدَامَة"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "hastværk er lastværk"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "haastige spoed is zelden goed"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "haast en spoed is zelden goed"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "ei ole hoppu hyväksi, eikä kiire kunniaksi"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "hâte rend déchets"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "as présas nunca son boas"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "močkares mougviandeso",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "მოჩქარეს მოუგვიანდესო"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "gut Ding will Weile haben"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "Eile mit Weile"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "nichts mit Hast als Flöhe fangen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "in Eile gefreit, in Muße bereut"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jaldī kām śaitān kā",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "जल्दी काम शैतान का"
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      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "lassan járj, tovább érsz"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "hamar munka ritkán jó"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "la gatta frettolosa fece i gattini ciechi"
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      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
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      "roman": "brza kučka slepi kučinja raǵa",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "брза кучка слепи кучиња раѓа"
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "jaarval daarna jadarval ölsönö",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "яарвал даарна ядарвал өлсөнө"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "hastverk er lastverk"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "hastverk er lastverk"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'ajale kâr-e šeytân ast",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "عجله کار شیطان است"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "co nagle, to po diable"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "gdy się człowiek spieszy, to się diabeł cieszy"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "a pressa é a inimiga da perfeição"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "graba strică treaba"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "поспеши́шь — люде́й насмеши́шь (pospešíšʹ — ljudéj nasmešíšʹ)",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "las prisas no son buenas consejeras"
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "haraka haraka haina baraka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "acele işe şeytan karışır"
    },
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      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes",
      "word": "ny moh nist cy byhend, do der daj at ny śent"
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  "word": "haste makes waste"
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