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haphazardly

[hap-haz-erd-lee] / hæpˈhæz ərd li /


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Eight years later he was discovered asleep in a haphazardly parked car 15 miles from his Florida home.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

We haphazardly dressed in our cleanest warm clothes.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

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

Prior to that, autism was diagnosed somewhat haphazardly.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

And while hammers pounded and sawdust filled the air, Milton acquainted himself with the papers and deeds Lefty had haphazardly kept in a cigar box beneath the register.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides