Meaning

1 senses

  1. Haphazardly.

More definitions
  • without care; in a slapdash manner

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

more haphazard, most haphazard
Comparativemore haphazard Lesson
Superlativemost haphazard

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hanjahankhankerhaplessC2haplyhappenA1

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