haphazard
characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
mere chance; accident.
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- hap·haz·ard·ness, noun
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How to use haphazard in a sentence
Over time, small furry animals will likely take up residence underneath this haphazard shelter, turning your yard into a reliable source of food for visiting owls.
Although figures haven’t been released, this is a big infrastructural experiment compared to the sort of fairly haphazard charging builds that have been more manufacturer- and service-provided led.
Indiana wants magnetic highways that wirelessly charge electric vehicles | Purbita Saha | July 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHowever, Google’s enforcement, which can be haphazard, has them concerned.
Google’s three-strikes ad policy isn’t the problem, it’s policy application that worries advertisers | George Nguyen | July 23, 2021 | Search Engine LandShadow docket cases, by contrast, are often decided in mere days — meaning that they can often lead to haphazard decision-making if the justices are insufficiently cautious.
3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term | Ian Millhiser | July 2, 2021 | VoxAll of this will have consequences, as states now scramble to decide their political futures in a decidedly haphazard process.
How The Delayed Census Has Affected Redistricting | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | June 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
Although tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard.
The absence of command and control means there is only haphazard combat coordination on the ground.
After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTNeighboring city-state Athens was more haphazard about its infanticide.
If one starts out in a haphazard way, it takes him a long time to find his bearings, and much valuable time is lost.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThey laughed, but Crozier knew that the observant gambling farmer was not talking at haphazard.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerCurious voice you have, he said, without attention to her question, in his haphazard jumping way.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonHe has come to New Orleans in a haphazard, fancy-free way, making a trip toward Mexico.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceThe passage which first caught the eye, on a Bible being opened haphazard, was supposed to indicate the future.
Witch, Warlock, and Magician | William Henry Davenport Adams
British Dictionary definitions for haphazard
/ (hæpˈhæzəd) /
at random
careless; slipshod
rare chance
Derived forms of haphazard
- haphazardly, adverb
- haphazardness, noun
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