How to Use haphazard in a Sentence

haphazard

adjective
  • We were given a haphazard tour of the city.
  • All of this is a bit haphazard, and none of it is very deep or revealing.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But that won’t undo the haphazard nature of these first two episodes.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
  • It was usually tied up in a haphazard pony.
    — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
  • By his own account, though, Brave’s research was haphazard at best.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2023
  • But these are often lazy and haphazard punishments that amount to nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
    — Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The system has become so haphazard that there is no longer a functioning timetable.
    — New York Times, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Almost half have been lost to accidents, haphazard repairs, or the wear that comes with age.
    — Chuck Squatriglia, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Even the redactions were haphazard, with some names still visible.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Breaking a tie in this haphazard fashion doesn’t stop at the local level.
    — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Schooling was haphazard, with morning lessons taught by their mother for a few years and then abandoned.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, the Britons’ whole escapade was a bit haphazard from beginning to end.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
  • But some experts said those efforts, while heartening, may be too haphazard to make a dent in the problem.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2020
  • As the name suggests, a heap is a somewhat haphazard approach to data storage.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The result is a haphazard vision for a future that the Bulls still haven’t fully fleshed out.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The odds of making a haphazard choice are exceedingly low.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • No doubt Carrington would have chuckled at the haphazard journey to find it.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The sandy waterway is strewn with haphazard deposits of rocks, pebbles and flood debris.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
  • However, hunters can’t be haphazard about their approach to hunting a mature buck.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Is all the pandemic self-care working, or are people are just going through haphazard motions?
    — Anne D'innocenzio and Sophia Rosenbaum, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Our policy must be thoughtful — not haphazard and chaotic.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Our policy must be thoughtful – not haphazard and chaotic.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The clock, like so many later machines, is praised for overcoming the haphazard nature of humankind.
    — Charlotte Kent, Wired, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Benji Michel clawed the Lions back into the match with a haphazard sprint from midfield.
    — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 17 July 2021
  • Too many collectibles can overwhelm a room and create a chaotic and haphazard atmosphere.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2022
  • While higher reps are normally the goal for the pushup, knocking them out in a recklessly haphazard manner is not.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 18 July 2023
  • Beirut was undergoing a mad, haphazard building boom.
    — Ben Wedeman, CNN Money, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The primary goal was to spread people out to increase the distance between them, and to reduce the chance of haphazard contacts.
    — Dallas News, 21 May 2020
  • Out on the river, where the silvery water is indiscernible from the sky, the perilous and haphazard nature of the trade becomes clear.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2022
  • But if the information release is haphazard, with a focus on one-off reports of sightings, that could backfire.
    — Caitlin McCulloch, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'haphazard.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: