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haphazard

/(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/

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What does haphazard mean?

adjective

  1. Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

noun

  1. Simple chance, a random accident, luck.

adverb

  1. Haphazardly.

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IPA pronunciation

/(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/(ˌ)hæfˈhæz.ɚd/
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The weakening of general beliefs clears the ground for a crop of haphazard opinions without a past or a future.
Gustave Le BonThe crowd : $b A study of the popular mindProject Gutenberg ebook #445
He was employing the Apprenticeship method, and his education was accomplished in one fourth the time required by the Haphazard method.
Walter Dill ScottIncreasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of BusinessProject Gutenberg ebook #1319
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In the morning she braided it before it was half combed, and piled and coiled it about her head in haphazard fashion.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
Modern scientific hypothesis is so far from being a haphazard mental proceeding that it is perhaps hardly fair to classify it with guesses.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
He and Alice had gone about among their previous flocks in quite a haphazard fashion, without thought of system, much less of deliberate purpose.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133