Hypertext Webster Gateway: "haphazard"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
haphazard
adj 1: dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan
of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" [syn:
{hit-or-miss}]
2: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
"sloppy workmanship" [syn: {slapdash}, {slipshod}, {sloppy}]
adv : without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was
wearing a gray 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: {haphazardly}]
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