adj
breakneck
Breakneck (adj) means Extremely and often dangerously fast.
adj
1
Extremely and often dangerously fast.
"He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand."
"The use of machine learning in this field is hardly new, but the breakneck pace at which it is improving is worrying, Lund says: “With the advent of ChatGPT, the future is bleak.”"
— Clea Skopeliti, ‘The future is bleak’: how AI concerns are shaping graduate’s career choices (2023)
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Etymology
Formed from break and neck.
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What is the meaning of breakneck?
"breakneck" (adj) means extremely and often dangerously fast.
