Haphazard

Quick meaning: Haphazard is an adjective meaning Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

Meaning

Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.

More Meanings

1. Simple chance, a random accident, luck.
2. Haphazardly.

Example Sentences

Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time.

You should never talk about your own fingers, and haphazards, to genteel people. You should only talk about agreeable subjects as I do.

The haphazard efforts of a few, working here and there without concert, easily spent themselves in attaining results far short of what were needed.

I consulted my mother, who was punctiliousness itself, and decided I must go Monday, as agreed. I should be with her again on Wednesday. On such haphazards hang men's destinies sometimes.

Word Forms

• haphazards

Synonyms for haphazard

Depending on context, synonyms include random, chaotic, careless, sloppy, slapdash, haphazardly.

Antonyms for haphazard

Common opposites include systematic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hit-or-miss, random, careless, slipshod, slapdash, sloppy.

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