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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. dependent upon or characterized by chance;
- Example: "a haphazard plan of action"
- Example: "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
[syn: haphazard, hit-or-miss]

2. marked by great carelessness;
- Example: "a most haphazard system of record keeping"
- Example: "slapdash work"
- Example: "slipshod spelling"
- Example: "sloppy workmanship"
[syn: haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy]


ADVERB (1)

1. without care; in a slapdash manner;
- Example: "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"
[syn: haphazard, haphazardly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haphazard \Hap"haz`ard\ (h[a^]p"h[a^]z`[~e]rd or
   h[a^]p`h[a^]z"[~e]rd), n. [Hap + hazard.]
   Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.
   [1913 Webster]

         We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust.
                                                  --Locke.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

haphazard \hap"haz`ard\ (h[a^]p"h[a^]z`[~e]rd or
   h[a^]p`h[a^]z"[~e]rd), a.
   Determined by chance, whimsy, or guesswork; unplanned;
   aimless; random; -- used mostly of human actions.
   [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"
           [syn: haphazard, haphazardly]
    adj 1: dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard
           plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
           [syn: haphazard, hit-or-miss]
    2: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
       record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
       "sloppy workmanship" [syn: haphazard, slapdash,
       slipshod, sloppy]