haphazard

[adj., adv. hap-haz-erd; n. hap-haz-erd] /adj., adv. hæpˈhæz ərd; n. ˈhæpˌhæz ərd/

adjective

characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.

adverb

noun

mere chance; accident.

Origin

1565-75; hap¹ + hazard

Related forms

haphazardness, noun

Synonyms

1. disorganized, unsystematic, careless, slapdash, helter-skelter.

Antonyms

1. methodical, systematic, organized.

Examples from the web for haphazard

We see the haphazard speckling of stars in the sky and group them together into constellations.
The original kitchen was a cramped, haphazard jumble.
Our current efforts are not only inadequate, they're hopelessly haphazard and piecemeal.
Amazingly, this haphazard approach worked.
His current campaign seems a particularly haphazard and contradictory one.
Her girlhood had been lived in the most haphazard manner imaginable.
When she did open her mouth to sing, the results were haphazard.
Honestly, the directions I go in are pretty haphazard.
The result of this haphazard approach was intriguing.
Gone are the hand-me-down uniforms and haphazard road trips.

British Dictionary definitions for haphazard

/hæpˈhæzəd/

adverb, adjective

at random

adjective

careless; slipshod

noun

(rare) chance

Derived Forms

haphazardly, adverb
haphazardness, noun

Word Origin and History for haphazard

adj.

1570s, from hap "chance, luck" (see hap) + hazard "risk, danger, peril." Related: Haphazardly.