'Haphazard' definitions:
Definition of 'haphazard'
From: WordNet
adverb
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]
adjective
Dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" [syn: haphazard, hit-or-miss]
adjective
Definition of 'Haphazard'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'haphazard'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'haphazard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accidental,
- accidentally,
- ad-lib,
- aimless,
- aimlessly,
- amorphous,
- any which way,
- anyhow,
- anywise,
- around,
- at random,
- botched,
- bungling,
- capricious,
- careless,
- carelessly,
- casual,
- casually,
- caught napping,
- caught off balance,
- caught short,
- causeless,
- chance-medley,
- clumsy,
- deficient,
- designless,
- desultory,
- disarticulated,
- discontinuous,
- disjunct,
- disordered,
- dispersed,
- disproportionate,
- driftless,
- dysteleological,
- erratic,
- extemporaneous,
- extemporized,
- fitful,
- formless,
- frivolous,
- gratuitous,
- half-assed,
- haphazardly,
- hasty,
- helter-skelter,
- hit-and-miss,
- hit-or-miss,
- immethodical,
- impromptu,
- improvised,
- inchoate,
- incoherent,
- indiscriminate,
- inexplicable,
- irregular,
- makeshift,
- meaningless,
- messy,
- mindless,
- misshapen,
- nonsymmetrical,
- nonsystematic,
- nonuniform,
- orderless,
- planless,
- potluck,
- precipitate,
- promiscuous,
- promiscuously,
- purposeless,
- random,
- random shot,
- randomly,
- rough-and-ready,
- senseless,
- shapeless,
- slipshod,
- slipshoddy,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- sluttish,
- snap,
- spasmodic,
- sporadic,
- stochastic,
- straggling,
- straggly,
- systemless,
- taken aback,
- taken by surprise,
- taken unawares,
- tripped up,
- unaccountable,
- unarranged,
- unbegun,
- unclassified,
- unconcocted,
- unconsidered,
- uncontrived,
- undeliberated,
- undevised,
- undirected,
- ungraded,
- unhatched,
- unjoined,
- unmade,
- unmanufactured,
- unmethodical,
- unmotivated,
- unordered,
- unorganized,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated,
- unprepared,
- unprimed,
- unready,
- unsorted,
- unstudied,
- unsymmetrical,
- unsystematic,
- untidy,
- ununiform,
- vague,
- wandering