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haphazardly

[hap-haz-erd-lee] / hæpˈhæz ərd li /


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We haphazardly dressed in our cleanest warm clothes.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

The judges praised Kalu's brightly-coloured sculptures - which are haphazardly wrapped in layers of ribbon, string, card and shiny VHS tape - and her drawings of swirling, tornado-like shapes.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

We might chase whatever’s hot and dump whatever’s not, put too much in our own company’s stock, or diversify by haphazardly buying a little of this and a lot of that.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

His relationship with Michael Jackson fractured after Whitten, unauthorized, haphazardly operated stage machinery, injuring Japanese workers in the process, during the initial Japan leg of the 1987-1988 Bad tour.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

Just a few dry, weather-worn boards leaning haphazardly against a crooked frame, showing daylight through to the cracked furniture within.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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