haphazardness

/hæpˈhæzɝdnəs/ noun

The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan.

Word Origin Haphazardness combines hap 'chance, luck' and hazard 'risk' — so it's the quality of being random and risky. Hap gives us happy (originally 'lucky') and happen (by chance), while hazard comes from Arabic az-zahr 'the die', as in gambling. So haphazardness is life by a roll of the dice.

noun The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan. countable

The haphazardness of the filing system made finding documents nearly impossible.

(名词) 随意性;无序性;杂乱无章

文件系统的杂乱无章使得查找文件几乎不可能。

(sustantivo) desorden; caos; improvisación; arbitrariedad [La cualidad de carecer de cualquier orden o plan predecible.]

Lo caótico del sistema de archivado hacía que encontrar documentos fuera casi imposible.

(nom) incohérence; désordre; désorganisation; caractère aléatoire; anarchie [Caractère de ce qui manque d'ordre prévisible ou de plan établi.]

Le **haphazardness** du système de classement rendait la recherche de documents quasiment impossible.

(Substantiv) Planlosigkeit; Zufälligkeit; Unordnung [Die Eigenschaft, ohne erkennbare Ordnung oder Plan zu sein; Planlosigkeit.]

Die **haphazardness** des Ablagesystems machte das Auffinden von Dokumenten fast unmöglich.

(名詞) 秩序や計画性に欠ける性質。無作為、無計画。

整理システムの無秩序さのため、書類を見つけるのはほぼ不可能だった。

(substantivo) desordem; caos; aleatoriedade; desorganização [A qualidade de carecer de qualquer ordem ou plano previsível.]

A desordem do sistema de arquivamento tornava quase impossível encontrar documentos.

Word parts: hap + hazard + ness

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