Meaning

1 senses

  1. Simple chance, a random accident, luck.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She made a haphazard attempt at cleaning.

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  2. The march toward progress is really more of a haphazard stagger.

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  3. Haphazard eating habits caused the castaway's food supply to be quickly depleted.

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Origin

From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard.

From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard.

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Forms

plural: haphazards
Singularhaphazard
Pluralhaphazards

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hanjahankhankerhaplessC2haplyhappenA1
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