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To do something without order or planning, or to seem random. Easily remembered because it sounds and is basically the same as half-assed.
His room seemed haphazard with the clothes scattered everywhere.
meaning random chance or a varietyhap·haz·ard (hap′haz′ərd)

-noun-

mere chance; accident; fortuity

-adjective-

not planned; random

-adverb-

by chance; casually
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aimless, accidental, casual, offhand, careless, slipshod, incidental, unexpected, unthinking, unconscious, uncoordinated, slovenly, reckless, unconcerned, unpremeditated, loose, indiscriminate, unsystematic, unrestricted, unselected, irregular, motley, multifarious, blind, purposeless, unplanned, chaotic,

Antonyms; careful, studied, planned.
He always had a haphazard style one had never seen him make a plan.

This was it. She was finally going to exact her long-overdue revenge, a la Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. The threat was proved to be imaginary, however, when Taylor turned to a haphazard pile of vegetables.

The location of the examples in the sections is a bit haphazard as the section started to grow beyond my previous navigation options.
haphazard by BleusMusicSoulChild August 5, 2008
ADVERB, ADJECTIVE (1) At random (2) Careless, slipshod

NOUN (3) chance
Throughout, he shows how only evolution, haphazard and undirected, could have produced the minds we humans have.
Haphazard by Kersvader October 31, 2008

haphazard sheep 

a sheep that builds anarchy towers with a cottagecore vibe
haphazard sheep and tomatoes are going to take over the world
haphazard sheep by tomatoesaregreat January 20, 2021

haphazard_hiccups 

they are a tiktoker with quite the following and cool outfits
person a: did you know that haphazard_hiccups uses any pronouns?
person b: no i did not know that, thank you for informing me

halfhazardly 

A non-word many illiterate people use in place of "haphazardly."
I am halfhazardly using the English language right now.
halfhazardly by AstroMacGuffin November 20, 2013
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