haphazard UK /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.əd/US /(ˌ)hæpˈhæz.ɚd/adjective 1adverb 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.Do not make such haphazard changes to the settings; instead, adjust the knobs carefully, a bit at a time. adverb1 •Haphazardly."[...] I suspect that it mostly happens haphazard, though afterwards various noble reasons are invented. About marriage I am cynical.” — 1924 noun1 •Simple chance, a random accident, luck.You should never talk about your own fingers, and haphazards, to genteel people. You should only talk about agreeable subjects as I do. — 1796 formshaphazards · more haphazard · most haphazard