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- [adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd]
- /adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd/
- /ˌhæpˈhæz.əd/
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- [adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd]
- /adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd/
Definitions of haphazard word
- adjective haphazard characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless. 1
- abbreviation HAPHAZARD haphazardly. 1
- noun haphazard mere chance; accident. 1
- noun haphazard Lacking any obvious principle of organization. 1
- adjective haphazard random 1
- adjective haphazard careless 1
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Origin of haphazard
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; hap1 + hazard
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Parts of speech for Haphazard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
haphazard popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for haphazard
adj haphazard
- aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
- offhand — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- random — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- disorganized — functioning without adequate order, systemization, or planning; uncoordinated: a woefully disorganized enterprise.
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
adjective haphazard
- chaotic — Something that is chaotic is in a state of complete disorder and confusion.
- disorganised — Lacking order or organisation; confused; chaotic.
- messy — characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- jumbled — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- all over the place — If something is happening all over the place, it is happening in many different places.
noun haphazard
- happenchance — happenstance.
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- tossup — the tossing of a coin to decide something by its fall.
- luck out — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
adverb haphazard
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- unmindful — not mindful; unaware; heedless; forgetful; careless; neglectful: unmindful of obligations.
- anyhow — Anyhow means the same as anyway.
- at random — If you choose people or things at random, you do not use any particular method, so they all have an equal chance of being chosen.
- incontinently — immediately; at once; straightaway.
Antonyms for haphazard
adj haphazard
- careful — If you are careful, you give serious attention to what you are doing, in order to avoid harm, damage, or mistakes. If you are careful to do something, you make sure that you do it.
- deliberate — If you do something that is deliberate, you planned or decided to do it beforehand, and so it happens on purpose rather than by chance.
- planned — arranged, organized, or done in accordance with a plan: a planned attack.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- specific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
adjective haphazard
- organised — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
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