Antonyms for haphazard

Grammar : Adj

Spell : adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd

Phonetic Transcription : adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd

Definition of haphazard

Origin : 1570s, from hap "chance, luck" (see hap) + hazard "risk, danger, peril." Related: Haphazardly.

adj without plan or organization

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for haphazard

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