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haphazard
[
adj., adv.
hap-
haz
-erd
;
n.
hap
-haz-erd
]
Example Sentences
Origin
hap·haz·ard
/
adj., adv.
hæpˈhæz
ərd
;
n.
ˈhæpˌhæz
ərd
/
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[
adj., adv.
hap-
haz
-erd
;
n.
hap
-haz-erd
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
adverb
2.
haphazardly.
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Haphazard
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differing or deviating; a mathematical expression having no finite limits
can be readily seen from the contours or the surface of the body
shameless or impudent; made of brass or like brass in sound, color, or strength
to renounce or relinquish power or responsibility
wise or judicious in practical affairs; sagacious; discreet or circumspect; careful in providing for the future
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noun
3.
mere chance; accident.
Origin:
1565–75;
hap
1
+
hazard
Related forms
hap·haz·ard·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
disorganized, unsystematic, careless, slapdash, helter-skelter.
Antonyms
1.
methodical, systematic, organized.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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Example Sentences
We see the haphazard speckling of stars in the sky and group them together into constellations.
The original kitchen was a cramped, haphazard jumble.
Our current efforts are not only inadequate, they're hopelessly haphazard and piecemeal.
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We see the haphazard speckling of stars in the sky and group them together into constellations.
The original kitchen was a cramped, haphazard jumble.
Our current efforts are not only inadequate, they're hopelessly haphazard and piecemeal.
Amazingly, this haphazard approach worked.
His current campaign seems a particularly haphazard and contradictory one.
Her girlhood had been lived in the most haphazard manner imaginable.
When she did open her mouth to sing, the results were haphazard.
Honestly, the directions I go in are pretty haphazard.
The result of this haphazard approach was intriguing.
Gone are the hand-me-down uniforms and haphazard road trips.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
haphazard
(hæpˈhæzəd)
—
adv
, —
adj
1.
at random
—
adj
2.
careless; slipshod
—
n
3.
rare
chance
hap'hazardly
—
adv
hap'hazardness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
haphazard
1573, from hap "chance, luck" (see
hap
) +
hazard
"risk, danger, peril."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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