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Synonyms for haphazard
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd |
| Phonetic Transcription : adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd |
Top 10 synonyms for haphazard
- accidental
- all over the map
- any old way
- any which way
- chance
- designless
- devil-may-care
- disorderly
- fluke
- hit-or-miss
- incidental
- irregular
- loose
- purposeless
- random
- reckless
- slapdash
- slipshod
- spontaneous
- sudden
- unconcerned
- unconscious
- unconsidered
- uncoordinated
- unexpected
- unmethodical
- unorganized
- unpremeditated
- unsystematic
- unthinking
- willy-nilly
Définition of haphazard
Origin :- 1570s, from hap "chance, luck" (see hap) + hazard "risk, danger, peril." Related: Haphazardly.
- adj without plan or organization
- Passages taken at haphazard will suffice to establish my contention.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Take any sonnet at haphazard, and you will hear the rage of his desire.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Once outside he slowly resumed his walk in haphazard fashion.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Why should not a man start off at haphazard, and get out when the mood takes him?
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
- In a word, system will have to be substituted for confusion, method for haphazard.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- Who hasn't heard of ships found floating, haphazard, with their crews all dead?
- Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
- He opened it haphazard, and his eyes fell on the middle of the page.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- They were digging at haphazard in the 254 sand a hundred yards away.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- All other appointments which had been made in a haphazard, irregular way were abolished.
- Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
- But hitherto the recognition of this principle has been only occasional and haphazard.
- Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
Antonyms for haphazard
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