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Sporadic

see synonyms of sporadic

Adjective

1. sporadic

recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

Example Sentences:
'a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sporadic

see synonyms of sporadic
adjective
1. 
occurring at irregular points in time; intermittent
sporadic firing
2. 
scattered; isolated
a sporadic disease

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Sporadic

see synonyms of sporadic
adjective
1. 
happening from time to time; not constant or regular; occasional
2. 
widely separated from others, scattered, or isolated in occurrence; appearing singly, apart, or in isolated instances

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sporadic

see synonyms of sporadic
adj.
1. Occurring at irregular intervals or in isolated or scattered places; having no pattern or order: his sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance. See Synonyms at periodic.
2. Medicine Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition: Most cancers are sporadic, caused by genetic mutations that are not heritable.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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