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haphazardness

haphazardness

7.8
A lack of order or plan that makes things random
  • noun
  • /hæpˈhæzərdnəs/
translation icon : desorganización
  • The artist's work is characterized by a deliberate haphazardness that adds to its charm.

Examples

  • Meanwhile, the NFL games are refreshingly honest in the haphazardness of their outcomes, and the insanity of the records of the 32 NFL teams is the insanity of progress.

    Blog text (17)

  • The question is basically, what do you think the role of accident and haphazardness and that sort of that as a way of framing these narratives?

  • It was not particularly pretty and had been extended haphazardly over the years, but its haphazardness reminded her of her family's estate in the country near Tehran.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Linda Nochlin, for example, argues that Degas's decentered composition inscribes "in visual terms the fragmentation and haphazardness of experience characteristic of the great modern city."

    Academic text (2005)

  • Many projects suffered from a haphazardness that hindered their success and organization.

  • The haphazardness of the arrangements made it difficult for visitors to navigate the exhibition.

Synonyms

randomness
vshaphazardness
19 5.4

A lack of any predictable order or plan

also includes being disorganized and lacking an organized system
unpredictability
vshaphazardness
18 7.0

Hard to know what will happen next

emphasizes lack of plan and disorganized state rather than only surprise
disorganization
vshaphazardness
  • US
7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

is about random lack of pattern rather than only poor structure
messiness
vshaphazardness
4 1.6

A situation when things are untidy and hard to find

stresses randomness and lack of planning more than simple untidiness
untidiness
vshaphazardness
1 2.5

Mess and things not in order in a place

emphasizes absence of plan and unpredictable patterns beyond mere mess
stochasticity
vshaphazardness
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The quality of being random and hard to predict, for example in the weather

is the more general everyday idea including disorder as well as lack of pattern
dishevelment
vshaphazardness
1 7.2

An untidy, messy look of hair, clothes, or a room

covers broader disarray and random lack of organization beyond appearance
derangement
vshaphazardness
1 8.5

A state when things like papers or furniture are not in their usual place

is the general state of random disorder rather than an extreme disruption
erraticism
vshaphazardness
8.4

Unpredictable and inconsistent behavior

focuses on absence of plan and general disorder rather than only irregular action
disorderliness
vshaphazardness
5.8

A lack of order that makes places or things messy

focuses on chaotic lack of plan and unpredictable arrangement rather than mere mess
schemozzle
vshaphazardness
  • Slang
9.9

A confused, messy situation where plans go wrong

describes a steady quality of random disorder rather than a one time episode

Antonyms

orderliness
3 3.6

A way of keeping things neat and in the right place

How Organized

organization
  • US
72 2.7
order
∞ 1.0
haphazardness
7.8
disorder
31 3.7
chaos
438 3.1

Surface Forms

haphazardness singular
haphazardnesses plural

Morphology

haphazardness = haphazard (transparent) = haphazard + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'haphazard' with '-ness', yielding 'the state or quality of being haphazard', which a learner who knows 'haphazard' can deduce.

Etymology

Haphazardness is built from hap ('chance', as in happen) and hazard ('risk' or danger), giving a picture of things put together by luck rather than a plan. So, haphazardness means the state of being random or without a clear plan.