haphazardly
Tags: TOEFL core, academic
adverb
having no order or pattern; by chance; arbitrarily; carelessly
- The papers were stacked haphazardly on his desk.
- She packed her suitcase haphazardly and forgot several important items.
adjective haphazard
lacking any obvious principle of organization.
- The project failed because of the team’s haphazard planning.
- The books were arranged in a haphazard order on the shelf.
noun haphazardness
the quality of lacking any predictable order, plan, or organization.
- The haphazardness of the experiment made the results unreliable.
- He apologized for the haphazardness of his presentation.