Definition of haphazard in English:

haphazard

adjective hapˈhazədˌhæpˈhæzərd

Lacking any obvious principle of organization.
the music business works in a haphazard fashion
Example sentencesExamples
- But what happens when opinion polls are produced in a haphazard fashion only days before an election?
- In reality, of course, charging into exporting in this kind of haphazard fashion is not ideal.
- First, Aristotle and his followers practise a haphazard, uncritical collection of data.
- Suffice it to say that there's nothing haphazard about this collection.
- The bows of the longboat collided with the dock, causing the little boats to pitch and sway in a haphazard fashion.
- Please note that this is a haphazard collection, and there is no implication that any of these are right, wrong or compelling.
- Instead, we are introduced to necessary elements in offhand, haphazard fashion.
- Unpack London shopping in a haphazard fashion so that new flat looks lived in.
- This occurred in a haphazard fashion on 23 July in Dublin, and although swiftly suppressed, caught Dublin castle ill prepared.
- International festival screenings of the uncut version followed in a somewhat haphazard fashion.
- Inside was a stack of parcels all roughly the same size, like hunks of dried pork, but wrapped in different materials and tied in haphazard but secure fashions.
- Either the Carlow side had not shook off the celebrations of the Millennium or they approached the game in a haphazard fashion.
- Thus, heterogeneity in beliefs within the organization makes performance more haphazard.
- Organization was haphazard; there were far too few bishops, and some were invalidly consecrated.
- I looked here and there in a somewhat haphazard fashion for spiritual people to share in spiritual conversation.
- This, in spite of the fact that Hut Bay looks like a haphazard collection of huts and houses grown out of a logging settlement.
- These difficulties are unfortunately compounded by a haphazard organization.
- This time, they waved around in a haphazard fashion, as if weaving a very complicated design.
- My wife and I have been saving money for her big brother for the last 3 ½ years, but only in a haphazard fashion.
- In the rush to implement a giant program, reforestation contracts were awarded in a haphazard fashion.
Synonyms
random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, disorderly, irregular, indiscriminate, chaotic, hit-and-miss, arbitrary, orderless, aimless, undirected, careless, casual, slapdash, slipshod
chance, accidental
informal higgledy-piggledy

Derivatives

haphazardness

noun

I took a look around at the poets, the grand scrufflarians I have taken such a liking to, and pondered the haphazardness of them all, the delightful observations I have absorbed by watching them.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is obviously a matter for concern for you and your colleagues, but let me ask: the haphazardness and the inconsistent application, has it got any proportionate implications?
- Ultimately it was this haphazardness, a seemingly carefree approach to cutting-edge climbs, along with his formidable intellect and wit, which forged the Smith legend.
- Indeed, it was precisely this contingency - the haphazardness of facts - that made them a boring subject for the ancients.
- I am perturbed - nobody ever talks to us about these considerations as lawyers, whereas sociologists for example spend much of their undergraduate lives being familiarised with research methodology and warned against haphazardness.

Origin

Late 16th century: from hap¹ + hazard.

This is composed of Middle English hap (see happy) ‘luck, fortune’ (from Old Norse happ) and hazard, which was initially a gambling game played with two dice in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules. It reached English in the Middle Ages through Arabic, Spanish, and French, but goes right back to Persian or Turkish zar ‘dice’. In the 16th century hazard came to mean ‘a chance’ and ‘a risk of loss or harm’.

Rhymes

hazard, mazzard

Definition of haphazard in US English:

haphazard

adjectiveˌhapˈhazərdˌhæpˈhæzərd

Lacking any obvious principle of organization.
the kitchen drawers contained a haphazard collection of silver souvenir spoons
Example sentencesExamples
- Unpack London shopping in a haphazard fashion so that new flat looks lived in.
- Instead, we are introduced to necessary elements in offhand, haphazard fashion.
- These difficulties are unfortunately compounded by a haphazard organization.
- This occurred in a haphazard fashion on 23 July in Dublin, and although swiftly suppressed, caught Dublin castle ill prepared.
- But what happens when opinion polls are produced in a haphazard fashion only days before an election?
- Inside was a stack of parcels all roughly the same size, like hunks of dried pork, but wrapped in different materials and tied in haphazard but secure fashions.
- Organization was haphazard; there were far too few bishops, and some were invalidly consecrated.
- Thus, heterogeneity in beliefs within the organization makes performance more haphazard.
- In the rush to implement a giant program, reforestation contracts were awarded in a haphazard fashion.
- The bows of the longboat collided with the dock, causing the little boats to pitch and sway in a haphazard fashion.
- Please note that this is a haphazard collection, and there is no implication that any of these are right, wrong or compelling.
- This time, they waved around in a haphazard fashion, as if weaving a very complicated design.
- First, Aristotle and his followers practise a haphazard, uncritical collection of data.
- I looked here and there in a somewhat haphazard fashion for spiritual people to share in spiritual conversation.
- In reality, of course, charging into exporting in this kind of haphazard fashion is not ideal.
- This, in spite of the fact that Hut Bay looks like a haphazard collection of huts and houses grown out of a logging settlement.
- Either the Carlow side had not shook off the celebrations of the Millennium or they approached the game in a haphazard fashion.
- My wife and I have been saving money for her big brother for the last 3 ½ years, but only in a haphazard fashion.
- Suffice it to say that there's nothing haphazard about this collection.
- International festival screenings of the uncut version followed in a somewhat haphazard fashion.
Synonyms
random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, disorderly, irregular, indiscriminate, chaotic, hit-and-miss, arbitrary, orderless, aimless, undirected, careless, casual, slapdash, slipshod

Origin

Late 16th century: from hap + hazard.

单词	haphazard
释义	Definition of haphazard in English: haphazard adjective hapˈhazədˌhæpˈhæzərd Lacking any obvious principle of organization. the music business works in a haphazard fashion Example sentencesExamples But what happens when opinion polls are produced in a haphazard fashion only days before an election? In reality, of course, charging into exporting in this kind of haphazard fashion is not ideal. First, Aristotle and his followers practise a haphazard, uncritical collection of data. Suffice it to say that there's nothing haphazard about this collection. The bows of the longboat collided with the dock, causing the little boats to pitch and sway in a haphazard fashion. Please note that this is a haphazard collection, and there is no implication that any of these are right, wrong or compelling. Instead, we are introduced to necessary elements in offhand, haphazard fashion. Unpack London shopping in a haphazard fashion so that new flat looks lived in. This occurred in a haphazard fashion on 23 July in Dublin, and although swiftly suppressed, caught Dublin castle ill prepared. International festival screenings of the uncut version followed in a somewhat haphazard fashion. Inside was a stack of parcels all roughly the same size, like hunks of dried pork, but wrapped in different materials and tied in haphazard but secure fashions. Either the Carlow side had not shook off the celebrations of the Millennium or they approached the game in a haphazard fashion. Thus, heterogeneity in beliefs within the organization makes performance more haphazard. Organization was haphazard; there were far too few bishops, and some were invalidly consecrated. I looked here and there in a somewhat haphazard fashion for spiritual people to share in spiritual conversation. This, in spite of the fact that Hut Bay looks like a haphazard collection of huts and houses grown out of a logging settlement. These difficulties are unfortunately compounded by a haphazard organization. This time, they waved around in a haphazard fashion, as if weaving a very complicated design. My wife and I have been saving money for her big brother for the last 3 ½ years, but only in a haphazard fashion. In the rush to implement a giant program, reforestation contracts were awarded in a haphazard fashion. Synonyms random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, disorderly, irregular, indiscriminate, chaotic, hit-and-miss, arbitrary, orderless, aimless, undirected, careless, casual, slapdash, slipshod chance, accidental informal higgledy-piggledy Derivatives haphazardness noun I took a look around at the poets, the grand scrufflarians I have taken such a liking to, and pondered the haphazardness of them all, the delightful observations I have absorbed by watching them. Example sentencesExamples It is obviously a matter for concern for you and your colleagues, but let me ask: the haphazardness and the inconsistent application, has it got any proportionate implications? Ultimately it was this haphazardness, a seemingly carefree approach to cutting-edge climbs, along with his formidable intellect and wit, which forged the Smith legend. Indeed, it was precisely this contingency - the haphazardness of facts - that made them a boring subject for the ancients. I am perturbed - nobody ever talks to us about these considerations as lawyers, whereas sociologists for example spend much of their undergraduate lives being familiarised with research methodology and warned against haphazardness. Origin Late 16th century: from hap¹ + hazard. This is composed of Middle English hap (see happy) ‘luck, fortune’ (from Old Norse happ) and hazard, which was initially a gambling game played with two dice in which the chances are complicated by arbitrary rules. It reached English in the Middle Ages through Arabic, Spanish, and French, but goes right back to Persian or Turkish zar ‘dice’. In the 16th century hazard came to mean ‘a chance’ and ‘a risk of loss or harm’. Rhymes hazard, mazzard Definition of haphazard in US English: haphazard adjectiveˌhapˈhazərdˌhæpˈhæzərd Lacking any obvious principle of organization. the kitchen drawers contained a haphazard collection of silver souvenir spoons Example sentencesExamples Unpack London shopping in a haphazard fashion so that new flat looks lived in. Instead, we are introduced to necessary elements in offhand, haphazard fashion. These difficulties are unfortunately compounded by a haphazard organization. This occurred in a haphazard fashion on 23 July in Dublin, and although swiftly suppressed, caught Dublin castle ill prepared. But what happens when opinion polls are produced in a haphazard fashion only days before an election? Inside was a stack of parcels all roughly the same size, like hunks of dried pork, but wrapped in different materials and tied in haphazard but secure fashions. Organization was haphazard; there were far too few bishops, and some were invalidly consecrated. Thus, heterogeneity in beliefs within the organization makes performance more haphazard. In the rush to implement a giant program, reforestation contracts were awarded in a haphazard fashion. The bows of the longboat collided with the dock, causing the little boats to pitch and sway in a haphazard fashion. Please note that this is a haphazard collection, and there is no implication that any of these are right, wrong or compelling. This time, they waved around in a haphazard fashion, as if weaving a very complicated design. First, Aristotle and his followers practise a haphazard, uncritical collection of data. I looked here and there in a somewhat haphazard fashion for spiritual people to share in spiritual conversation. In reality, of course, charging into exporting in this kind of haphazard fashion is not ideal. This, in spite of the fact that Hut Bay looks like a haphazard collection of huts and houses grown out of a logging settlement. Either the Carlow side had not shook off the celebrations of the Millennium or they approached the game in a haphazard fashion. My wife and I have been saving money for her big brother for the last 3 ½ years, but only in a haphazard fashion. Suffice it to say that there's nothing haphazard about this collection. International festival screenings of the uncut version followed in a somewhat haphazard fashion. Synonyms random, unplanned, unsystematic, unmethodical, disorganized, disorderly, irregular, indiscriminate, chaotic, hit-and-miss, arbitrary, orderless, aimless, undirected, careless, casual, slapdash, slipshod Origin Late 16th century: from hap + hazard.
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