haphazardly

[ hap-haz-erd-lee ]

adverb

1. in a haphazard manner; at random.

Word History and Origins

Origin of haphazardly¹

First recorded in 1885–90; haphazard + -ly

Example Sentences

By then, American military forces had haphazardly withdrawn from Afghanistan, leading to the fall of that nation’s US-backed government.

From BBC

In Adwa, officials who lack options to safely dispose of explosives carry them back at great personal risk to store them haphazardly in the compound of the town’s peace and security office.

From BBC

If you’ve ever trudged through the dust of a once heavily farmed field abandoned to the sun and wind, you may sense what is in store if we haphazardly take land out of production.

From Los Angeles Times

But the sort of memeification of tragedy, in which it's haphazardly cast into a nebulous scion of the “dark humor” genre, feels an altogether ethical sticky terrain.

From Salon

The result is a hodgepodge of rules and processes that can be applied haphazardly or for ulterior motives, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• aimlessly
• carelessly
• casually
• randomly