Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Haphazard \Hap"haz`ard\, n. [Hap + hazard.]
   Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

         We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust.
                                                  --Locke.

Source : WordNet®

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}]

haphazard
     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}]