Meaning

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

    Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time.

    planlos, willkürlich

    случа́йныйslučájnyj, хаоти́чныйxaotíčnyj, непостоя́нныйnepostojánnyj

More definitions
  • marked by great carelessness
  • dependent upon or characterized by chance

Examples

3 sentences
  1. She made a haphazard attempt at cleaning.

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

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

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
random, chaotic, incomplete:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
random, chaotic, incomplete:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

more haphazard, most haphazard
Comparativemore haphazard Lesson
Superlativemost haphazard Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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