sporadic
Meanings
Adjective
- recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances
- "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"
Adj
- (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
- Rare and scattered in occurrence.
- Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
- Not belonging to any infinite family; an exception to an otherwise orderly classification.
Origin / Etymology
From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
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Words With Friends Score: 15
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