as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
considering the haphazard way you measured the ingredients, it's a wonder the cookies came out this good
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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
shoes were tossed haphazard into the closet
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Recent Examples of haphazard
Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Each county conducts the count differently — San Francisco's was reportedly haphazard last year — and relies on volunteers, outreach workers and government employees who often get varying levels of training.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Why some houses burn and others survive isn’t always obvious and can seem capricious and haphazard, despite preparation and mitigation.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Efforts to reform the system that has shielded oil companies from liability have been haphazard.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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But most of those efforts were haphazard, devolved into infighting among Chicanosauruses and didn’t develop into a full-fledged movement.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
Each county conducts the count differently — San Francisco's was reportedly haphazard last year — and relies on volunteers, outreach workers and government employees who often get varying levels of training.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Why some houses burn and others survive isn’t always obvious and can seem capricious and haphazard, despite preparation and mitigation.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Efforts to reform the system that has shielded oil companies from liability have been haphazard.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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The results derived from a random sampling of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over living in all 50 states, based on phone interviews, with a margin of error plus or minus four percent and with a 95 percent confidence level.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Webroot can securely erase files for you, overwriting them with random data three times, by default.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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Eversource is asking the court to overturn a 2023 PURA decision that the company claims was based on an arbitrary application of regulatory law and intended to reach a pre-determined decision to slash its rates.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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Many of those firings have prompted lawsuits parallel to Dellinger’s that challenge the legality of Trump bypassing language in statutes, including provisions that protect employees at independent agencies from politicized or arbitrary firings.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Mar. 2025
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His career arc was atypically jagged and erratic for a pop singer, starting at an unnaturally young age and continuing for decades, but rarely for more than a hit song at a time, and often with many fallow years coming in between them.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Deepfake films, for example, frequently feature odd blinking patterns, erratic lighting and inconsistent facial expressions.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Haphazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haphazard. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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