haphazard

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Done without any clear plan or order; careless and random.

   The files were arranged in such a haphazard way that nothing could be found.

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Simplified etymology

Haphazard, recorded from the late 16th century, combines Middle English hap, meaning “luck” or “fortune” and derived from Old Norse happ, with hazard, originally the name of a dice game governed by complicated arbitrary rules.

From archaic hap (“chance, luck”) + hazard.

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