haphazard as an adjective: - 1
- 2
as a adverb: - 1
haphazard
adjective
1 haphazard
Dependent upon or characterized by chance:
— A haphazard plan of action.
synonym: hit-or-miss.
2 haphazard
Marked by great carelessness:
— A most haphazard system of record keeping.
synonyms: slapdash, slipshod, sloppy.
adverb
1 haphazard
Without care; in a slapdash manner:
— The Prime Minister was wearing a grey suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard.
synonym: haphazardly.
noun
Roget 156:
chance,
indetermination,
accident,
fortune,
hazard,
hap,
haphazard,
chance medley,
random,
luck,
raccroc†,
casualty,
contingence,
adventure,
hit;
fate
etc.
(necessity)
601;
equal chance;
lottery;
tombola†;
toss up
etc.
621;
turn of the table,
turn of the cards;
hazard of the die,
chapter of accidents,
fickle finger of fate;
cast of the dice,
throw of the dice;
heads or tails,
flip of a coin,
wheel of Fortune;
sortes†,
sortes Virgilianae†.
probability,
possibility,
odds;
long odds,
run of luck;
accidentalness;
main chance,
odds on,
favorable odds.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
situation
(circumstance)
8.
statistics,
theory of Probabilities,
theory of Chances;
bookmaking;
assurance;
speculation,
gaming
etc.
621.
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