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Haphazard

Haphazard Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Haphazard? [adv] without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard" [adj] marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" [adj] dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Haphazard: careless \| haphazardly \| hit-or-miss \| random \| slapdash \| slipshod \| sloppy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Haphazard: accidental \| accidentally \| ad-lib \| aimless \| aimlessly \| amorphous \| any which way \| anyhow \| anywise \| around \| at random \| botched \| bungling \| capricious \| careless \| carelessly \| casual \| casually \| caught napping \| caught off balance \| caught short \| causeless \| chance-medley \| clumsy \| deficient \| designless \| desultory \| disarticulated \| discontinuous \| disjunct \| disordered \| dispersed \| disproportionate \| driftless \| dysteleological \| erratic \| extemporaneous \| extemporized \| fitful \| formless \| frivolous \| gratuitous \| half-assed \| haphazardly \| hasty \| helter-skelter \| hit-and-miss \| hit-or-miss \| immethodical \| impromptu \| improvised \| inchoate \| incoherent \| indiscriminate \| inexplicable \| irregular \| makeshift \| meaningless \| messy \| mindless \| misshapen \| nonsymmetrical \| nonsystematic \| nonuniform \| orderless \| planless \| potluck \| precipitate \| promiscuous \| promiscuously \| purposeless \| random \| random shot \| randomly \| rough-and-ready \| senseless \| shapeless \| slipshod \| slipshoddy \| sloppy \| slovenly \| sluttish \| snap \| spasmodic \| sporadic \| stochastic \| straggling \| straggly \| systemless \| taken aback \| taken by surprise \| taken unawares \| tripped up \| unaccountable \| unarranged \| unbegun \| unclassified \| unconcocted \| unconsidered \| uncontrived \| undeliberated \| undevised \| undirected \| ungraded \| unhatched \| unjoined \| unmade \| unmanufactured \| unmethodical \| unmotivated \| unordered \| unorganized \| unplanned \| unpremeditated \| unprepared \| unprimed \| unready \| unsorted \| unstudied \| unsymmetrical \| unsystematic \| untidy \| ununiform \| vague \| wandering See Also \| Haphazard In Webster's Dictionary \Hap"haz`ard\, n. [Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard; chance; accident; random. We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. --Locke.

Haphazard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Haphazard?

[adv] without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard"
[adj] marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
[adj] dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"

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Haphazard In Webster's Dictionary

\Hap"haz`ard\, n. [Hap + hazard.]
Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

      We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust.
                                               --Locke.

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