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
- 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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