The phrase "a hasty act" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that is done quickly and without careful thought or consideration.
Example: "His decision to quit his job was a hasty act that he later regretted."
Alternatives: "a rash decision" or "a quick move".
In one memo, Richard Berlin, the ambitious head of Hearst's magazine division, wrote to his boss about his "preliminary, and rather hasty" investigation of Welles, telling Hearst that the film-maker "acted as a front for the Communist party".
The critics have voiced objections to what they perceive as an unduly hasty act of forgiveness.
* Clarke retreats on house arrest powers * Times: Clarke uses terror threat to justify ending 800 years of legal history * Telegraph: A hasty, illiberal act with unknown consequences * Sun: 'Terror ten' to be freed KEN DOESN'T SAY SORRY The Ken Livingstone non-apology story drags on for yet another day, with the papers wearily churning out yet more newsprint on the subject.
Today, he is devoting far more time to defending his self-proclaimed reputation for clean government, which his hasty act has called into doubt.
He likened Mr. Djindjic's tactics to the "lawless and hasty acts" of the Milosevic regime and warned that the consequences were dangerous.
That same day, Naftali Bennet, Israel's education minister and the leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Home Party, showed up in Beit El; he called the rioting settlers "my brothers" and described the military's removal of these apartment blocks as a "hasty, extremist, and inciting act".
During Act II Mr. Wilder took reporter on a hasty tour of the University Art Gallery.
Lastly, the letter made clear that although the town technically had 90 days to act, a hastier response would be appreciated.
It is intended to act as a reference point, and to demonstrate that a hasty implementation may well lead to costly results including a loss of confidence in ePHRs which may interfere with future access to technological innovation.
His first acts are commonly his best, with the third a hasty cutting of knots or tying up of loose ends that takes scant account both of probability and of psychology.
