Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance. synonym: chance.
- noun Mere chance; fortuity.
- adverb By chance; casually.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Chance; accident.
- Chance; accidental; random: as, a haphazard statement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
- adjective Determined by chance, whimsy, or guesswork; unplanned; aimless; random; -- used mostly of human actions.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
random ;chaotic ;incomplete ; notthorough ,constant , orconsistent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by great carelessness
- adjective dependent upon or characterized by chance
- adverb without care; in a slapdash manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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By contrast, Frost scolded the state in July for creating what he called a "haphazard application" of its death penalty protocols.
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By contrast, Frost scolded the state in July for creating what he called a "haphazard application" of its death penalty protocols.
The Seattle Times 2011
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What Bob Semro called "haphazard" is really personal freedom.
Brian T. Schwartz: Colorado Amendment 63: Freedom Is Too "Haphazard" for Bell Policy Center Brian T. Schwartz 2010
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What Bob Semro called "haphazard" is really personal freedom.
Brian T. Schwartz: Colorado Amendment 63: Freedom Is Too "Haphazard" for Bell Policy Center Brian T. Schwartz 2010
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What Bob Semro called "haphazard" is really personal freedom.
Brian T. Schwartz: Colorado Amendment 63: Freedom Is Too "Haphazard" for Bell Policy Center Brian T. Schwartz 2010
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I looked around me, at smashed remains: bricks tumbled in haphazard heaps, sections of roofs and walls, ripped apart as if by a giant and scattered like paper, no collection of building materials recognizable as a house for blocks in every direction.
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FEMA also deserves its share of blame for redirecting relief trucks around the area in haphazard fashion and in not ordering a streamlining of paperwork in the inital days following the levy break.
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Its February 2008 Final Report advised a collaborative "planned approach" - as opposed to "haphazard" - protecting Maine's "treasured ... scenic and natural resources."
Knox 2009
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No, y’all are using terms legal terms that have established meanings in haphazard and sloppy fashion.
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Probably because you haven’t entered the discussion – you just re-posted a smashed-together list of right-wing Israel justifications sans the really overt religious and racist ones, and posted it in haphazard fashion more akin to a retarded spambot than an actual person.
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