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拙速主義 (せっそくしゅぎ, sessokushugi) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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With a speed-before-quality policy, long-term quality is sacrificed.
Because of his slapdash approach, the project had to be reworked many times.
Kanji 拙 bungling, clumsy, unskillful 義 righteousness, justice, morality Related words 拙せっ 速そく An adjective meaning 'hasty and crude'; 拙速主義 is the noun form expressing the principle or doctrine of such an approach.
巧こう 遅ち The opposite concept: 'slow but skillful/elaborate'. Often contrasted with 拙速 in discussions of quality versus speed.
Etymology Compound of 拙速 (hasty and crude) + 主義 (principle, doctrine). The term 拙速 itself comes from classical Chinese, where it originally meant 'clumsy but fast', often contrasted with 巧遅 (skillful but slow).