What's the difference between haphazard and slapdash?

Haphazard


Definition:

  • (n.) Extra hazard; chance; accident; random.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Poorly-differentiated tissue produced a more haphazard out-growth of pleomorphic cells with few processes and flattened pseudopodia.
  • (2) Ultrastructurally, however, this material is composed of nonbranching, haphazardly arranged fibrils of approximately three times the thickness of typical amyloid fibrils.
  • (3) For example, it is not known with any certainty whether the oscillations seen in fetal heart rate are highly organised, in reflection of underlying ultradian rhythms, or whether they are entirely random and haphazard.
  • (4) A review of 15 well-documented cases of proliferative periostitis reported in the literature and a description of six new cases, five fully documented, have shown the following: a variety of irritants both odontogenic and nondontogenic in origin may induce neoperiostosis in the mandible; radiographically, cortical redundancy and preservation of the original cortical outline are the most common findings; and microsocopically, a fibro-osseous pattern evincing one of the three trabecular orientations--parallel, retiform, or haphazard fibrous dysplasia-like--is featured.
  • (5) For many years directors of Canadian postgraduate specialty programs have selected candidates in an uncontrolled and haphazard way.
  • (6) Soon, reformers known as “sanitarians” focused their attention on replacing the haphazard and unsanitary plumbing arrangements in homes and workplaces with technologically advanced public sewer systems.
  • (7) We postulate that an embryonic rest was incorporated into the spinal canal and, when removed from its normal inducer tissue, grew haphazardly throughout the spinal cord.
  • (8) The single striking morphologic abnormality was the disorganized, haphazard architecture of the media in these areas.
  • (9) Canvasses from the UNHCR and Unicef, the children's agency, are piled haphazardly on to structures made out of wood with wicker roofs, sacking and animal skin.
  • (10) It is concluded that the haphazard and incomplete visualization of the uterine contents at present precludes the application of second-trimester fetoscopy for early detection of visible congenital fetal abnormalities.
  • (11) Some Tory ministers take the view that driving down the total cost of government and getting rid of bodies is enough – why care if the cuts are haphazard and disorganisation results?
  • (12) By having all second-year residents together, faculty teaching time was efficiently used, and the haphazard results from relying on faculty-resident precepting experiences in the family practice center to provide training in these areas was avoided.
  • (13) Pigment cell contributions exhibit no consistent pattern among the four macromeres, and are haphazardly distributed throughout the ectoderm.
  • (14) These data indicate that the occurrence of MLRs in children is not haphazard, and that the MLR in children can be reliably obtained during certain states of arousal.
  • (15) The inquest was left with an increasing impression of organisational haphazardness – even chaos – with different agencies meeting regularly but failing to share information or establish basic facts.
  • (16) The car glides through rolling hills; the camera shows the expression on the boy's face turning from delight to terror; the vehicle veers haphazardly to the side of the road and Théophile is seen leaping out, running to the nearest house for help.
  • (17) Changes of mechanical activity and coronary blood flow induced by haphazard uncorrelated sequence of stimuli, were studied in the dog heart.
  • (18) Early lesions of KS were characterized by the presence of dilated vascular spaces haphazardly arranged in the biopsy specimen, a sparse inflammatory cell infiltrate composed of lymphocytes (usually without plasma cells), and aggregates of cuboidal cells with the appearance of epithelioid cells.
  • (19) Johnson said it was time to stop "making do" and haphazardly expanding existing airports, adding: "We must ensure that the final outcome is not one that future generations will regret."
  • (20) These results suggest that the ECH in celiac disease is not a haphazard process but, instead, a selective proliferation of certain endocrine cell types.

Slapdash


Definition:

  • (adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random.
  • (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
  • (v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This was, as the German said, “spectacular, wild football” featuring marvellous attacking and slapdash defending.
  • (2) After more slapdash Liverpool defending and with Martin Skrtel backing off, Adam strode through to drive low into the corner before Steve N’Zonzi bent a magnificent shot past Mignolet from outside the area.
  • (3) Joanne McCartney, Labour London Assembly member and police and crime spokesperson, said: "To rush this through is typical of Boris's slapdash approach to issues of crucial importance to Londoners.
  • (4) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
  • (5) "The FA appears to have done no thorough research on their employees, it looks slapdash and unprofessional.
  • (6) With Cheik Tioté and Moussa Sissoko back to their best Newcastle United not only hinted at what might have been had Rafael Benítez’s appointment come a little sooner but also highlighted Manchester City’s slapdash tendencies.
  • (7) It's only on until 24 August, so I'm afraid this column will be even more slapdash than usual because I have a plane to Spain to catch.
  • (8) It was a good goal but its origins were rooted in slapdash defending on a day when, unusually, Daryl Janmaat struggled.
  • (9) It was an excellent finish but marking rarely comes more slapdash.
  • (10) This year we have the UK debut of Julian McCullough, a disheveled New Jerseyan whose stand-up majors on his own personal failings and slapdash approach to life.
  • (11) It was elegance with a serrated edge, as the Spurs recovered from a slapdash start to win 104-87 in a clinical, yet feverish, display that underlined their superiority and dethroned the reigning NBA champions, denying Miami their third title in three years.
  • (12) José Mourinho has claimed Ramires's ugly foul and red card in Saturday's Premier League defeat at Aston Villa was largely borne of frustration at the referee Chris Foy's slapdash performance.
  • (13) They cannot possibly be any more slapdash than last year’s, when the players made their own packed lunches in northern Italy and won one game 16-0 against opponents more accustomed to waiting on tables.
  • (14) This time Dimitri Payet’s slapdash pass sold James Tomkins horribly short an Lens nipped in to assume possession.
  • (15) But it is not the stories themselves that shock me – in any profession you will find cases of incompetence – but the slapdash and cosy way the authorities dealt with the doctors at fault.
  • (16) Most jobs don't ask for any particular skill beyond showing up, and much expertise is viewed with suspicion in a silly, slapdash world where the term "gatekeeper" is waved about like the lowest possible term of abuse.
  • (17) Certain players wearing black and white had temporarily come over a little slapdash but one was exempt from criticism.
  • (18) Labour pounced on it, a "welovethenhs" hashtag went viral on Twitter and Cameron was forced to dismiss his pushy young colleague's slapdash views – most of the 1.4 million NHS staff are administrators, claimed Hannan – as "eccentric".
  • (19) Nonetheless, his longer novels have sometimes suffered from the slapdash impatience that runs rife through China's marketised literary economy, often affecting professionalism in both writing and editing.
  • (20) At worst, it's a contender for gaming raspberry of the year – a slapdash effort that frankly feels unfinished, with mechanics lazily copied from far-superior games.