- at random
- careless; slipshod
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hap•haz•ard /hæpˈhæzɚd/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- lacking order or planning;
happening by chance:the hotel's haphazard service.
hap•haz•ard
(adj., adv. hap haz′ərd;n. hap′haz′ərd),USA pronunciation adj.
adv.
n.
hap•haz′ard•ness, n.
- characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness;
determined by or dependent on chance;
aimless.
adv.
- haphazardly.
n.
- mere chance;
accident.
- hap1 + hazard 1565–75
- 1. . disorganized, unsystematic, careless, slapdash, helter-skelter.
- 1. . methodical, systematic, organized.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
haphazard /hæpˈhæzəd/ adv , adj
'haphazard' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
anyhow
- anyway
- desultory
- happening
- helter-skelter
- hit-and-miss
- inconsequential
- random
- scattershot
- scramble
- scratch
- slapdash
- stray
- tachisme
- chancy
- cursory
- disordered
- fitful
- guess
- half-assed
- haphazardly
- haphazardry
- hit-or-miss
- hurried
- indiscriminate
- jerry-built
- orderly
- promiscuous
- throw
- tumultuary
- turbulence
- unorganized
- scratchy
- scrounge
- shotgun
- simple enumeration