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haphazardness

/adjective, adverb hap-haz-erd; noun hap-haz-erd/US // adjective, adverb hæpˈhæz ərd; noun ˈhæpˌhæz ərd //UK // (hæpˈhæzəd) //

杂乱无章,草率性,草率行事,草率

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : haphazardly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : mere chance; accident.

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Examples

  • Over time, small furry animals will likely take up residence underneath this haphazard shelter, turning your yard into a reliable source of food for visiting owls.

  • Although figures haven’t been released, this is a big infrastructural experiment compared to the sort of fairly haphazard charging builds that have been more manufacturer- and service-provided led.

  • However, Google’s enforcement, which can be haphazard, has them concerned.

  • Shadow docket cases, by contrast, are often decided in mere days — meaning that they can often lead to haphazard decision-making if the justices are insufficiently cautious.

  • All of this will have consequences, as states now scramble to decide their political futures in a decidedly haphazard process.

  • Although tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard.

  • The absence of command and control means there is only haphazard combat coordination on the ground.

  • After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.

  • Then, of course, your whole battalion displaced to haphazard Iraqi Army bases.

  • Neighboring city-state Athens was more haphazard about its infanticide.

  • If one starts out in a haphazard way, it takes him a long time to find his bearings, and much valuable time is lost.

  • They laughed, but Crozier knew that the observant gambling farmer was not talking at haphazard.

  • Curious voice you have, he said, without attention to her question, in his haphazard jumping way.

  • He has come to New Orleans in a haphazard, fancy-free way, making a trip toward Mexico.

  • The passage which first caught the eye, on a Bible being opened haphazard, was supposed to indicate the future.