haphazard
/(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.
adv
Example Sentences
- "Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time."
- "The haphazard efforts of a few, working here and there without concert, easily spent themselves in attaining results far short of what were needed."
- "we assume a gas to be an assemblage of elastic spheres or molecules, flying in straight lines in all directions, with swift haphazard collisions and repulsions, like so many billiard balls."
- "There is a very considerable series of observations — non-instrumental, unsystematic, irregular, "haphazard" if you will — which any one with ordinary intelligence and with a real interest in weather conditions may undertake."
- "Chelsea need to identify and appoint the new manager and then lose the haphazard transfer policy that has seen players signed for exorbitant fees, often seemingly on the basis that other Premier League clubs were interested in them."
- "You should never talk about your own fingers, and haphazards, to genteel people. You should only talk about agreeable subjects as I do."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/
- British English: /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/