If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan.
[disapproval]
The investigation does seem haphazard.
He had never seen such a haphazard approach to filmmaking as Roberto's.
Synonyms: unsystematic, disorderly, disorganized, casual More Synonyms of haphazard
haphazardlyadverb [usually ADVERB with verb]
She looked at the books jammed haphazardly in the shelves.
More Synonyms of haphazard
haphazard in British English
(hæpˈhæzəd)
adverb, adjective
1.
at random
adjective
2.
careless; slipshod
noun
3. rare
chance
Derived forms
haphazardly (hapˈhazardly)
adverb
haphazardness (hapˈhazardness)
noun
haphazard in American English
(ˌhæpˈhæzərd)
noun
1.
mere chance; accident; fortuity
adjective
2.
not planned; random
adverb
3.
by chance; casually
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈrandom
Derived forms
haphazardly (ˌhapˈhazardly)
adverb
haphazardness (ˌhapˈhazardness)
noun
Word origin
hap1 + hazard
Examples of 'haphazard' in a sentence
haphazard
It was all rather haphazard.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was all rather haphazard.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So much football business is conducted in this haphazard fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The house has a slightly haphazard charm.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But this was a haphazard way to channel energies and limit impulse.
Rotundo, E. Anthony American Manhood: Transformations in Masculinity from the Revolution to the ModernEra (1993)
This haphazard method can spell disaster for you.
Standen, Chris Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet (1990)
Over the years the factory had grown in a haphazard manner.
Gunston, Bill Plane Speaking - a personal view of aviation history (1991)
The whole thing seemed so haphazard.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The service seemed haphazard, but the attenders were focused.
Christianity Today (2000)
Most practices do offer telephone consultations, albeit often in a rather haphazard fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He's touring in a haphazard way and deserves your attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Mix in a haphazard kind of way and tip the whole thing into a bowl or glass dish, or glasses.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As we now understand, predicting the weather more than two weeks in advance can be a rather haphazard business wreathed in uncertainty.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So, in a haphazard fashion, we worked our way southeast.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It's an idiosyncratic formula, arrived at in haphazard fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The instructions are in Chinese too, which makes navigation a bit haphazard.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In typically haphazard F1 fashion, team principals met yesterday morning and threw out a format that lasted a single weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That's why we are doing away with the poorly planned, haphazard approach that let those detainees go in the past.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Regardless of what happens over the next two months, nobody can argue that England have approached this tour in a similarly haphazard manner.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She likes things just so and I'm a bit more haphazard.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The high cost means that many companies have a haphazard approach to installing meters - for example, when there is a change of occupancy at a property.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
haphazard
British English: haphazard ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized.
The investigation does seem haphazard.
American English: haphazard
Brazilian Portuguese: desorganizado
Chinese: 杂乱无章的
European Spanish: fortuito
French: chaotique
German: planlos
Italian: disorganizzato
Japanese: 計画性のない
Korean: 되는 대로인
European Portuguese: desorganizado
Latin American Spanish: fortuito
Chinese translation of 'haphazard'
haphazard
(hæpˈhæzəd)
adj
[system, arrangement]杂(雜)乱(亂)的 (záluàn de)
1 (adjective)
Definition
not organized or planned
The investigation does seem haphazard.
Synonyms
unsystematic
disorderly
The desk was covered in a disorderly jumble of old papers.
disorganized
He is completely disorganized and is always running late.
casual
careless
He pleaded guilty to careless driving.
indiscriminate
the indiscriminate arrests during the protests
aimless
After several hours of aimless driving they were getting low on fuel.
slapdash
a slapdash piece of work
slipshod
The hotel had always been run in a slipshod way.
hit or miss (informal)
unmethodical
Opposites
organized
,
systematic
,
methodical
,
considered
,
careful
,
thoughtful
,
orderly
2 (adjective)
Definition
not organized or planned
She was trying to connect her life's seemingly haphazard events.