as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
you should not begin writing haphazardly; first, make an outline
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Recent Examples of haphazardly
Typical blueberries are made and shipped haphazardly, Magami said, with no accountability for quality.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
In fact, it's all done rather haphazardly, but with inherent purpose, which is exactly how a true Southern cook runs a kitchen.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead of haphazardly stuffing them into your nightstand drawer, place them in a whimsical Hay tin container.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Lots of fly-by-night import shops sprang up, happy to rubber-stamp any Mercedes with a catalytic converter haphazardly welded under the floorboards.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
The Belledonne mountains’ trails appear as though they have been chewed by a giant mouth and spewed out haphazardly.
—Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025
While his TikTok videos often appear to be haphazardly thrown together, that’s actually part of his business model.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Those are potentially fascinating conflicts, explored haphazardly.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
In fact, it's all done rather haphazardly, but with inherent purpose, which is exactly how a true Southern cook runs a kitchen.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Instead of haphazardly stuffing them into your nightstand drawer, place them in a whimsical Hay tin container.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
Lots of fly-by-night import shops sprang up, happy to rubber-stamp any Mercedes with a catalytic converter haphazardly welded under the floorboards.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2025
The Belledonne mountains’ trails appear as though they have been chewed by a giant mouth and spewed out haphazardly.
—Anna Richards, Outside, 18 Sep. 2025
While his TikTok videos often appear to be haphazardly thrown together, that’s actually part of his business model.
—Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.
—John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Those are potentially fascinating conflicts, explored haphazardly.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for haphazardly
randomly
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When a mysterious and legendary skeleton, badly injured, randomly resurfaced in 2018, an interdisciplinary team of researchers went to work to find out who the person was.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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The adults were randomly separated into two groups.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Haphazardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haphazardly. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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