haphazard

US: /hæpˈhæzɝd/
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
  • 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