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[ adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd ] / adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR haphazard ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. Origin of haphazardFirst recorded in 1565–75; hap1 + hazard SYNONYMS FOR haphazard1 disorganized, unsystematic, careless, slapdash, helter-skelter. SEE SYNONYMS FOR haphazard ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR haphazard1 methodical, systematic, organized. SEE ANTONYMS FOR haphazard ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM haphazardhap·haz·ard·ness, nounWords nearby haphazardhapai, hapaxanthic, hapax legomenon, ha'penny, haphalgesia, haphazard, haphazardly, haphazardry, haphephobia, Haphsiba, Haphtarah Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for haphazardAlthough tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard. Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST The absence of command and control means there is only haphazard combat coordination on the ground. Time Is Running Out for Obama on Syria|Jamie Dettmer|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh. Book Bag: Beguiling if Unlikely Travel Books|Sean Wilsey|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Then, of course, your whole battalion displaced to haphazard Iraqi Army bases. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It should be the most ideal exchange, not the most haphazard. ‘Code Black’: An M.D. on How to Fix Our Emergency Room Crisis|Ryan McGarry|June 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST We were wrapped up and shod with thick boots; I took his hand and we started off at haphazard. Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete|Gustave Droz But he saw that the undertaking must have a surer basis than this haphazard ingathering of chance growths. Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett I have chosen at haphazard, but the choice is perhaps all the better. An Artist's Letters From Japan|John La Farge Haphazard and careless combinations are not to be encouraged in the formal flower-beds. Beautiful Bulbous Plants|John Weathers Suddenly, with the same speed shown by the panic at its origin, an orderly lull was manifest in its haphazard turmoil. An Ambitious Woman|Edgar Fawcett
British Dictionary definitions for haphazardDerived forms of haphazardhaphazardly, adverbhaphazardness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to haphazardaimless, offhand, random, disorganized, casual, careless, helter-skelter, desultory, arbitrary, slapdash, indiscriminate, uncoordinated, erratic, accidental, any which way, chance, devil-may-care, disorderly, fluke, hit-or-miss |