haphazard
adjective
characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
haphazardness
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a word derived from
haphazard.
Example Sentences
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With so much chronological haphazardness, the handsomely produced if choppily edited “Freud’s Last Session” becomes trapped in a no-patient’s-land, neither effectively enlarged nor satisfyingly intimate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
Litkovska’s collection reflected this sense of haphazardness by mixing up styles in a generally loose and oversized display.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
In their seeming abjection and haphazardness they exhibited affinities with postwar Japanese photography.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
The haphazardness of “Styling Hollywood” is both a limitation and a charm.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2019
She had managed all right with Deane, the clumsy arrangement she had been forced into appeared to have just that haphazardness which characterizes most of the arrangements of life.
From Fidelity A Novel by Susan Glaspell
