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haphazard

[hap-haz-erd, hap-haz-erd] / hæpˈhæz ərd, ˈhæpˌhæz ərd /


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Buses are infrequent and haphazard, while the subway has only six trundling lines radiating out from the centre, making connections impossible without going all the way in and then all the way out again.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

You could take many of those same critiques and apply them to the haphazard way in which city and county leaders have addressed homelessness.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2026

You may reasonably conclude this is a haphazard system by which to make such important decisions.

From MarketWatch Mar. 10, 2026

Nearly 3.5 million pages were released in January, many riddled with haphazard or incomplete redactions.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

Then too, Bernabe did not know what he wanted to learn; he had no idea where or how to start ... it was all so haphazard and vague.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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