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  • 1haphazard — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …

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  • 2haphazard — hap|haz|ard [ˌhæpˈhæzəd US ərd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: hap ( HAPPY) + hazard] happening or done in a way that is not planned or organized a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. ▪ Educational… …

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  • 3haphazard — [adj] without plan or organization accidental, aimless, all over the map*, any old way*, any which way*, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, desultory, devilmay care*, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter skelter*, hit or …

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  • 4haphazard — adjective happening or done in a way that is not planned or recognized: The training was carried out in a haphazard fashion. haphazardly adverb …

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  • 5haphazard — Synonyms and related words: accidental, accidentally, ad lib, aimless, aimlessly, amorphous, any which way, anyhow, anywise, around, at random, botched, bungling, capricious, careless, carelessly, casual, casually, caught napping, caught off… …

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  • 6haphazard — hap|haz|ard [ hæp hæzərd ] adjective done in a way that does not seem to be carefully planned or organized ╾ hap|haz|ard|ly adverb …

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  • 7haphazard — UK [hæpˈhæzə(r)d] / US [hæpˈhæzərd] adjective done in a way that does not seem to be carefully planned or organized Derived word: haphazardly adverb …

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  • 8haphazard — [hæpˈhæzəd] adj done in a way that is not carefully planned or organized haphazardly adv …

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  • 9every which way — adverb 1. in a random manner (Freq. 1) the houses were randomly scattered bullets were fired into the crowd at random • Syn: ↑randomly, ↑indiscriminately, ↑haphazardly, ↑willy nilly, ↑arbitrarily …

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  • 10any\ old\ way — • any old how • any old way adv. phr. informal Doing something in a casual, haphazard, or careless way. John, the teacher said, you can t just do your homework any old way; you must pay attention to my instructions! …

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