haphazardness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English haphazard

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

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.

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Noun

haphazardness (usually uncountable, plural haphazardnesses)

1. The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.

   Synonyms: noise, randomness, stochasticity

   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 117:

     This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.