Synonyms for sporadic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : spuh-rad-ik

Phonetic Transcription : spəˈræd ɪk

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Définition of sporadic

Origin : 1650s (implied in sporadical), from Medieval Latin sporadicus "scattered," from Greek sporadikos "scattered," from sporas (genitive sporados) "scattered," from spora "a sowing" (see spore). Originally a medical term, "occurring in scattered instances;" the meaning "happening at intervals" is first recorded 1847. Related: Sporadically.

adj on and off

Example sentences :

Under its sporadic breezes, as it turned, the ward was trying to sleep.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Even in New England there was sporadic revolt from the beginning.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

To be sure, there are some sporadic efforts, mere reiterations.
Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius

And those other, sporadic members of our system, comets and meteors, what are they?
Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson

At first resistance to Western encroachment was sporadic and unco-ordinated.
Extract from : « The New World of Islam » by Lothrop Stoddard

Of course, there may be sporadic cases of it, but that is all.
Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 » by Various

But these manifestations of activity have been fitful and sporadic.
Extract from : « The Rural Life Problem of the United States » by Horace Curzon Plunkett

These sporadic warnings seem likely to ripen at last into action.
Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous

The sporadic stories in his books are funny because, at least, we can believe them to be true.
Extract from : « Hilaire Belloc » by C. Creighton Mandell

It is so only when the persecution is sporadic and fitful: storms succeeded by sunshine.
Extract from : « Life and sport in China » by Oliver G. Ready

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