as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
considering the haphazard way you measured the ingredients, it's a wonder the cookies came out this good
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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
shoes were tossed haphazard into the closet
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Recent Examples of haphazard
Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Along with haphazard tariff moves, comments from the administration in recent days has stoked investors’ fears about the economy.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Once the heart of a massive, 15,000-acre property owned in the 19th century by a man named Nicolas Den, it had been parceled out in a haphazard way over the years and then partially reassembled, leaving Himovitz with a piece of land whose shape resembles an upside-down boot.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
The collections have felt too laden with merch, too bloated with haphazard ideas.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The seemingly haphazard composition of the list – and the potentially enormous financial implications – raised immediate concerns in the academic community.
—Helen Coster and Julia Harte, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Along with haphazard tariff moves, comments from the administration in recent days has stoked investors’ fears about the economy.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Once the heart of a massive, 15,000-acre property owned in the 19th century by a man named Nicolas Den, it had been parceled out in a haphazard way over the years and then partially reassembled, leaving Himovitz with a piece of land whose shape resembles an upside-down boot.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
The collections have felt too laden with merch, too bloated with haphazard ideas.
—Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haphazard
Adjective
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Mother Nature is unpredictable, fickle, random at best.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Even the title feels random: Keiji once bought Fuki a print of Auguste Renoir’s portrait of a child called Irene.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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But Laxe’s cadence of death is nasty and arbitrary and delightful.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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These bills would formalize what the Parole Board should already be doing and therefore limit arbitrary rejections.—
Julia Salazar,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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The president’s erratic policies are raising concerns the economy might be headed for a downturn, but history suggests that franchise values will continue to climb regardless.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Working with the brilliant but erratic Bart Eckland, Susan was a young biologist stationed far in the Panamanian rainforest years ago at Los Panos.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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“Haphazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haphazard. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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