haphazard
US: /hæpˈhæzɝd/
UK: /hæphˈæzəd/
UK: /hæphˈæzəd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
haphazard /'hæp'hæzəd/
- danh từ
- sự may rủi, sự ngẫu nhiên, sự tình cờ
- at (by) haphazard: ngẫu nhiên, tình cờ
- sự may rủi, sự ngẫu nhiên, sự tình cờ
- tính từ & phó từ
- may rủi, ngẫu nhiên, tình cờ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
(disapproving) with no particular order or plan; not organized well: The books had been piled on the shelves in a haphazard fashion. + The government's approach to the problem was haphazard.
haphazardly adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 random, arbitrary, chance, fortuitous, aleatory, accidental, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unexpected, adventitious, serendipitous:
Her fate was to be decided by a haphazard throw of the dice.
2 casual, offhand, hit-or-miss, unsystematic, slapdash, slipshod, careless, disorganized, disorderly:
He took some haphazard shots at the target.
Collocation dictionary
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.
Concise English dictionary
‚hæp'hæzə(r)d
adj.
+dependent upon or characterized by chance
+marked by great carelessness
adv.
+without care; in a slapdash manner
