haphazard (Meaning)
haphazard (s)
dependent upon or characterized by chance
marked by great carelessness
haphazard (r)
without care; in a slapdash manner
haphazard (n.)
Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
Synonyms & Antonyms of haphazard
Synonyms:
- lucky
- stray
- odd
- slapdash
- contingent
- desultory
- aimless
- irregular
- accidental
- casual
- sporadic
- hit-or-miss
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- unintentional
- scattershot
- shotgun
- objectless
- chancy
- unpremeditated
- unselective
- unsystematic
- undirected
- unintended
- undiscriminating
- flukey
- unplanned
- disorderly
- spot
- inadvertent
- fortuitous
- directionless
- incidental
- indiscriminate
- purposeless
- fluky
- disorganized
- chance
- unconsidered
- catch-as-catch-can
- helter-skelter
Antonyms:
haphazard Sentence Examples
- The jumbled bookshelves were a haphazard mess, with volumes strewn across the floor.
- Emily's packing was haphazard, leaving important items scattered throughout her suitcase.
- The town was a haphazard collection of buildings, with no discernible order or design.
- The construction site was a haphazard scene, with tools and materials strewn about.
- The students' essays were haphazardly written, filled with grammatical errors and logical fallacies.
- The research team conducted haphazard experiments, leading to unreliable and incomplete data.
- The government's economic policies were haphazard and inconsistent, resulting in market uncertainty.
- The museum display was haphazardly organized, with artifacts haphazardly placed in glass cases.
- The hikers haphazardly wandered off the trail, losing their way in the dense forest.
- The artist's haphazard brushstrokes created a unique and abstract painting.
FAQs About the word haphazard
dependent upon or characterized by chance, marked by great carelessness, without care; in a slapdash mannerExtra hazard; chance; accident; random.
random, erratic, scattered, arbitrary, lucky, stray, odd, slapdash, contingent, desultory
stable, continuous, steady, systematic, methodical, regular, steady, continuous, orderly, regular
The jumbled bookshelves were a haphazard mess, with volumes strewn across the floor.
Emily's packing was haphazard, leaving important items scattered throughout her suitcase.
The town was a haphazard collection of buildings, with no discernible order or design.
The construction site was a haphazard scene, with tools and materials strewn about.
