Sporadic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time. See Synonyms at periodic.
  • adj. Appearing singly or at widely scattered localities, as a plant or disease.
  • adj. Isolated; unique: a sporadic example.
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  • adj. Rare and scattered in occurrence.
  • adj. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Occurring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Separate; single; scattered; occurring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind; widely or irregularly scattered; of exceptional occurrence (in a given locality); straggling.
  • In phytogeography, distributed in several regions: so used specifically by A. P. de Candolle (French sporadique), in contrast with endemic, of plant genera whose species are thus distributed. Compare polydemic.
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  • adj. recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
    • Equivalent
    isolated    unpredictable    intermittent    irregular    fitful   
    Cross Reference
    sporadic dysentery    sporadic cholera   
    Form
    sporadic E layer   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    separate    single    infrequent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    nomadic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intermittent    spasmodic    periodic    infrequent    desultory   
     
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