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haphazard |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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