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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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unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; sure to occur, happen, or come
look upon or treat with contempt
a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based; similarity or comparability
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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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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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Adjective
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.
COLLAPSE
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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