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Antonyms for sporadic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : spuh-rad-ik
Phonetic Transcription : spəˈræd ɪk

Definition 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

Synonyms for sporadic

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