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haphazard

Dictionary definition · haphazard

adjective

  1. dependent upon or characterized by chance"a haphazard plan of action"
  2. marked by great carelessness"a most haphazard system of record keeping"

adverb

  1. 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"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).