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English Dictionary: Haphazard by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Haphazard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
haphazard
adv
  1. 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(s): haphazard, haphazardly
adj
  1. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
    Synonym(s): haphazard, hit-or-miss
  2. marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship"
    Synonym(s): haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Haphazard \Hap"haz`ard\, n. [Hap + hazard.]
      Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
  
               We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust.
                                                                              --Locke.
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