From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
haphazard
adj 1: dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan
of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" [syn:
hit-or-miss]
2: marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of
record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling";
"sloppy workmanship" [syn: slapdash, slipshod,
sloppy]
adv : 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"
[syn: haphazardly]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Haphazard \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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
haphazard \hap"haz`ard\ (h[a^]p"h[a^]z`[~e]rd or
h[a^]p`h[a^]z"[~e]rd), a.
Determined by chance, whimsy, or guesswork; unplanned;
aimless; random; -- used mostly of human actions.
[PJC]