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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryhap·haz·ard I \(ˌ)hap-ˈha-zərd\ noun ETYMOLOGY hap (I) + hazard DATE 1575: chance 1 II adjective DATE 1671: marked by lack of plan, order, or directionSynonyms: see random• haphazard adverb• hap·haz·ard·ly adverb• hap·haz·ard·ness noun• hap·haz·ard·ry \-zər-drē\ nounEnglish Etymologyhaphazard 1573, from hap "chance, luck" (see hap) + hazard "risk, danger, peril."Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7haphazardhap·haz·ard / hAp5hAzEd; NAmE -zErd / adjective (disapproving)with no particular order or plan; not organized well 无秩序的；无计划的；组织混乱的: The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion. 书架上的书堆放得杂乱无序。 The government's approach to the problem was haphazard. 政府解决这一问题的方法缺乏计划。 • hap·haz·ard·ly adv.Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishhaphazard adj. VERBS be, seem | become ADV. very | entirely, totally The local authority's approach to health care seems totally haphazard. | fairly, rather, somewhat | apparently, seemingly PHRASES in a haphazard fashion/manner/way The town had grown in a somewhat haphazard way. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionadj. Function: adjective Synonyms: RANDOM, aimless, designless, desultory, hit-or-miss, indiscriminate, irregular, unaimed, unconsidered, unplanned Related Words: accidental; careless, helter-skelter, slipshod; unorganized, unsystematic Contrasted Words: deliberate, designed, intentional, voluntary, willful Antonyms: plannedadj. Function: adverb Synonyms: ABOUT 4, anyhow, any which way, anywise, around, at random, haphazardly, helter-skelter, random, randomly Related Words: accidentally, aimlessly, carelessly, casually, promiscuouslyWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedhaphazardI. \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ nounEtymology: hap (I) + hazard: chance, accident, random < this little remnant preserved by the haphazard of chance — Edith Hamilton > < take our principles at haphazard — John Locke >II. adjective: marked by lack of plan, regularity, order, guidance, or direction :made, performed, or selected according to chance, whim, or speculation rather than on the basis of considered judgment or firm knowledge : aimless, random < his haphazard untidy ways — Virginia Woolf > < not … a collection of haphazard schemes, but rather the orderly component parts of a connected and logical whole — F.D.Roosevelt > < there must be some guidance unless selection is to be haphazard — Muna Lee > < the room was … filled with haphazard furniture — Howard Griffin > < haphazard ascriptions have been made — A.M.Young >Synonyms: see randomIII. adverbEtymology: haphazard (II) : haphazardly < were built … without any regard to their situation, placed haphazard, wherever it was convenient — Edith Hamilton >

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