haphazard

adj.无序的,凌乱的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
haphazard (noun)
- chance
haphazard (adjective)
marked by lack of plan, order, or direction random
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
haphazard (adjective)
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
SYNONYMS:
aimless, arbitrary, catch-as-catch-can, desultory, erratic, haphazard, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, scattered, slapdash, stray
RELATED WORDS:
accidental, casual, chance, chancy, contingent, fluky ( flukey), fortuitous, inadvertent, incidental, lucky, unconsidered, unintended, unintentional, unplanned, unpremeditated; scattershot, shotgun; irregular, odd, sporadic, spot; directionless, objectless, purposeless; indiscriminate, unsystematic; undirected; disorderly, disorganized; undiscriminating, unselective
NEAR ANTONYMS:
established, fixed, regular, set, stable, steady; constant, continuous, even; arranged, managed, orchestrated, ordered, planned; aware, conscious, deliberate, purposeful, thoughtful, willful ( wilful)
methodical ( methodic), nonrandom, orderly, organized, regular, systematic, systematized
haphazard (adverb)
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
SYNONYMS:
aimlessly, anyhow, anyway, anywise, desultorily, erratically, haphazard, haphazardly, helter-skelter, irregularly, randomly, willy-nilly
RELATED WORDS:
arbitrarily, capriciously, carelessly, casually, indiscriminately, informally, offhand, offhandedly, promiscuously, whimsically; accidentally, fortuitously, inadvertently, unconsciously, unintentionally, unwittingly; disconnectedly, disjointedly, fitfully, intermittently, spottily, unpredictably; higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy
NEAR ANTONYMS:
carefully, formally, gingerly, meticulously, orderly, punctiliously; deliberately, intentionally, purposefully, purposely
methodically, systematically
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