hap-hazard
11at hazard — 1. As may chance, hap hazard, at random. 2. Hazarded. See at stake …
12haphazard — hap•haz•ard adj., adv. [[t]hæpˈhæz ərd[/t]] n. [[t]ˈhæpˌhæz [/t]] adj. 1) characterized by lack of order or planning; irregular; chance; random 2) haphazardly 3) mere chance; accident • Etymology: 1565–75; hap+hazard hap•haz′ard•ly, adv.… …
13haphazard — [hap hazəd] adjective lacking order or organization. Derivatives haphazardly adverb haphazardness noun Origin C16: from hap + hazard …
14chance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fortuity Nouns 1. chance, accident, lot; fate, kismet, karma (See destiny); Lady Luck, [Dame] Fortune; luck, fortune, hap, hazard; contingency, adventure, fortuity; randomness, indetermination,… …
15chance — n 1 Chance, accident, fortune, luck, hap, hazard denote something that happens without an apparent or determinable cause or as a result of unpredictable forces. Chance serves often as a general term for the incalculable and fortuitous element in… …
16haphazard — 1570s, from hap chance, luck (see HAP (Cf. hap)) + HAZARD (Cf. hazard) risk, danger, peril. Related: Haphazardly …
17Haphazard — Hap haz ard (h[a^]p h[a^]z [ e]rd or h[a^]p h[a^]z [ e]rd), n. [Hap + hazard.] Extra hazard; chance; accident; random. [1913 Webster] We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke. [1913 Webster] …
18fortuity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. An unexpected random event: accident, chance, fluke, hap, happenchance, happenstance, hazard. See CERTAIN, SURPRISE. 2. The quality shared by random, unintended, or unpredictable events or this quality regarded as… …
19haphazard — /hæpˈhæzəd / (say hap hazuhd) adjective 1. determined by or dependent on mere chance: a haphazard remark. –adverb 2. in a haphazard manner; at random; by chance. –noun 3. mere chance; accident: to proceed at haphazard. {hap + hazard} –haphazardly …
20at random — By chance, without choice, without selection, just as it happens hap hazard, as may chance, at hazard …
