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noun
The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: noise, randomness, stochasticity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: randomness, stochasticity, noise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: irregularity, unregularity
Narrower terms: ergodicity
History
Etymology tree English haphazard Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English haphazardness From haphazard + -ness.
