HAPHAZARDLY Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

haphazardly

adverb

Definition of haphazardly

as in randomly

without definite aim, direction, rule, or method you should not begin writing haphazardly; first, make an outline

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Recent Examples of haphazardly Most of my clients are letting their employees haphazardly take advantage of these things as the individually see fit. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Her soft face in sleep, her loud banging of cabinets, her socks tossed haphazardly behind doors and under shelves. — Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 Some of the corpses were not in bags and only haphazardly covered. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Not Considering the Plant’s Future Avoid pruning haphazardly without carefully evaluating the situation first. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 16 July 2026 Hanging your art and photos haphazardly is a quick way to make your collection feel more chaotic than inspiring. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026 Allstate Insurance Company has accused Broadcom of haphazardly issuing audits against it because the insurance firm decided not to renew its contracts with VMware and CA Technologies. — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 Towel Bars Towel bars can easily look sloppy once a few towels have been haphazardly hung on them. — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 20 June 2026 In a May 5 Facebook post, officials in Saône-et-Loire, France, shared a video of a deer haphazardly running in circles around a field in what appeared to be an intoxicated state. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 May 2026

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randomly

Adverb

In another, they were instructed to answer the questions randomly.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The bowls moved around the water and randomly collided with one another.

— Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026

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