Haphazard — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

dependent upon or characterized by chance

marked by great carelessness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hæphˈæzɚd/

🇬🇧British English

/haphˈazəd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/haphˈazəd/

3 syllables Say it as /hæphˈæzɚd/.

Examples

a haphazard plan of action
his judgment is rather hit-or-miss
a most haphazard system of record keeping

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hit-or-miss sloppy slapdash haphazardly slipshod

Parts of Speech

adjective	dependent upon or characterized by chance “a haphazard plan of action”
adjective	marked by great carelessness “a most haphazard system of record keeping”
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”

Word Forms

haphazardness	noun	the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
sloppiness	noun	the quality of not being careful or taking pains

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

planlos

vom Zufall abhängig oder durch ihn gekennzeichnet

🇫🇷French

au hasard

dépendant ou caractérisé par le hasard

🇪🇸Spanish

al azar

dependiente o caracterizado por el azar

🇮🇹Italian

casuale

dipendente o caratterizzato dal caso

🇳🇱Dutch

lukraak

afhankelijk van of gekenmerkt door toeval

🇵🇹Portuguese

ao acaso

dependente ou caracterizado pelo acaso

🇷🇺Russian

случайный

зависящий от случайности или характеризующийся случайностью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेतरतीब

संयोग पर निर्भर या विशेषतायुक्त

🇧🇩Bengali

এলোমেলো

উপর নির্ভরশীল বা সুযোগ দ্বারা চিহ্নিত করা

🇮🇳Tamil

இடையூறு

தற்செயலாக சார்ந்து அல்லது வகைப்படுத்தப்படும்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రమాదకరమైన

అవకాశం మీద ఆధారపడి లేదా వర్గీకరించబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

अव्यवस्थित

अवलंबून किंवा योगायोगाने वैशिष्ट्यीकृत

🇮🇳Gujarati

આડેધડ

તક દ્વારા નિર્ભર અથવા લાક્ષણિકતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡ್ಡಾದಿಡ್ಡಿಯಾಗಿ

ಅವಲಂಬಿತ ಅಥವಾ ಅವಕಾಶದಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്രമരഹിതമായ

ആകസ്മികമായി ആശ്രയിക്കുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വഭാവ സവിശേഷത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਫੜਾ-ਦਫੜੀ

'ਤੇ ਨਿਰਭਰ ਜਾਂ ਮੌਕਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے ترتیب

اتفاق سے منحصر یا خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

偶然

取决于或以偶然性为特征

🇯🇵Japanese

行き当たりばったり

偶然に依存する、または偶然によって特徴付けられる

🇰🇷Korean

우연한

우연에 의존하거나 우연에 의해 특징지워지는

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tình cờ

phụ thuộc vào hoặc đặc trưng bởi cơ hội

🇹🇭Thai

บังเอิญ

ขึ้นอยู่กับหรือมีลักษณะโดยบังเอิญ

🇮🇩Indonesian

serampangan

bergantung pada atau dicirikan oleh kebetulan

🇵🇭Filipino

basta-basta

nakasalalay o nailalarawan sa pamamagitan ng pagkakataon

🇲🇾Malay

sembarangan

bergantung kepada atau dicirikan secara kebetulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عشوائي

تعتمد على الصدفة أو تتميز بها

🇮🇷Persian

اتفاقی

وابسته به شانس یا مشخصه آن

🇹🇷Turkish

gelişigüzel

şansa bağlı veya şansa bağlı

🇮🇱Hebrew

אַקרַאִי

תלוי או מאופיין במקרה

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