marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard
disapproval If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan. The investigation does seem haphazard + haphazardly hap·haz·ard·ly She looked at the books jammed haphazardly in the shelves. happening or done in a way that is not planned or organized a haphazard way/manner/fashion (hap ( HAPPY) + hazard)
without care; in a slapdash manner; "the Prime Minister was wearing a gray suit and a white shirt with a soft collar, but his neck had become thinner and the collar stood away from it as if it had been bought haphazard