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sporadic

[ spuh-rad-ik ]

adjective

  1. (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional:

    sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.

    Antonyms:

  2. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
  3. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. occurring singly or widely apart in locality:

    the sporadic growth of plants.



sporadic

/ 蝉辫蓹藞谤忙诲瑟办 /

adjective

  1. occurring at irregular points in time; intermittent

    sporadic firing

  2. scattered; isolated

    a sporadic disease

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 蝉辫辞藞谤补诲颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
  • 蝉辫辞藞谤补诲颈肠补濒苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辫辞路谤补诲路颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 蝉辫辞路谤补诲路颈路肠补濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 蝉辫辞路谤补路诲颈肠路颈路迟测 [spawr-, uh, -, dis, -i-tee], 蝉辫辞路谤补路诲颈蝉尘 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sporadic1

First recorded in 1680鈥90; from Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek 蝉辫辞谤补诲颈办贸蝉, equivalent to sporad- (stem of 蝉辫辞谤谩蝉 鈥渟trewn,鈥 akin to 蝉辫辞谤谩 鈥渟owing, seed鈥) + -ikos adjective suffix; spore, -ic
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sporadic1

C17: from Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas scattered; related to Greek speirein to sow; see spore
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Example Sentences

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Katsina, the home state of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has witnessed sporadic attacks by bandits and kidnappers that have claimed many lives.

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Bin workers who belong to the Unite union began an all-out strike on 11 March, following sporadic walkouts since January.

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In the ruling, the judge spoke of Brooks's "sporadic" engagement.

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But over the last seven years their relationship has become increasingly strained amid ethnic tensions and sporadic violence.

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For decades, this fixture kept the police stretched with drunken sporadic violence.

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