Meanings
comparative more halfhazard · superlative most halfhazard
- nonstandardrareEggcorn of haphazard.
[…] a little damp from having her freshly washed hair plastered to it, which she had now tugged into a halfhazard knot at the top of her head.
2021, v, The Colours of Death: A gripping crime novel2 more examples
[…] halfhazard inoculations of pasted color. It was a canvased broad time into little agains. Conversation inked the future. The train rode on and on transferring light into nouns and figures.
2001, Terrel Hale, Saints and Latin Decadence, page 330[…] halfhazard manner for decades. In two weeks, you have given me an ability to bring order and meaning to my plight. With these devices and upgrades, I may be able to find a way to defeat Adramelech and his ability to harm others […]
2018, Keith Gilbert, The Door
Origin
By confusion with half.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
halfhazard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfhazard
“halfhazard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfhazard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “halfhazard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/halfhazard.
Source: halfhazard on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.