haphazard
pronunciation
How to pronounce haphazard in British English:
UK [hæpˈhæzəd]
How to pronounce haphazard in American English:
US [hæpˈhæzərd]
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- Adjective:
- dependent upon or characterized by chance
- marked by great carelessness
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- Adverb:
- without care; in a slapdash manner
Word Origin
- haphazard (adj.)
- "characterized by randomness, chance, accidental," 1670s, from noun meaning "a chance, accident" (1570s), from hap (n.) "chance, luck" + hazard (n.) "risk, danger, peril." Related: Haphazardly.
Example
- 1. Now this haphazard landscape is becoming more centralised .
- 2. A charitable way to describe the process would be haphazard .
- 3. Some of zippo 's past diversification has been haphazard .
- 4. Government courts and media come up with haphazard solutions which frequently leave people with the feeling that they live in an unjust society .
- 5. But uprooting is often a haphazard affair , usually affecting those who cannot bribe the eradication teams to pass over their plots .