Sample Sentences for
haphazard
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  • Knives of all shapes and sizes were stacked haphazardly all the way to the top.  (source)
  • I was pretty warm in my sweater, so I started rolling up the sleeves haphazardly.  (source)
  • The windows to the living room, the foyer, and the upstairs guest bathroom were broken, patched haphazardly with sheets of clear plastic or wooden boards nailed across the frames.  (source)
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  • The decision he made would be extremely important, but the way in which he made the decision would be careless, haphazard, and uninformed.  (source)
    haphazard = without pattern or planning
  • My work shifts were split so haphazardly that it was easy to believe that my superiors had chosen them maliciously.  (source)
    haphazardly = in a manner that lacks a pattern
  • This would have annoyed Old Amy to no end: the haphazardness of it all, the pointlessness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • The frosting's a little messy and the sprinkles are haphazard, but overall they look pretty good.†  (source)
  • Rather than showing Dylan and Logan the proper way to do it—carefully and meticulously—I just let them have at it haphazardly.  (source)
    haphazardly = without pattern or planning
  • A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation.†  (source)
  • The village was larger than Carvahall, but it had been constructed haphazardly, the houses aligned in no particular order.  (source)
  • He opens the door on the first knock, looking his usual haphazard self.†  (source)
  • His gaze darted haphazardly around the floor as if the reason for her immunity was written upon it.†  (source)
  • The school records, though incomplete and haphazard, narrowed down who WILLIE 1954 had been.†  (source)
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