Word:
Sporadic
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Occuring occasionally, singly or in irregular or random instances.
Sentences:
1) Sporadic cases of the disease were reported.
2) Sporadic loud voices kept startling everyone in the neighbourhood.
Origin:
Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek sporadikos, from sporadēn hereand there, from sporad-,
sporasscattred; akin to Greek speirein which means 'to sow'.
First use:
circa 1698
Synonyms:
casual, choppy, catchy, erratic, spotty, unsteady
Antonyms:
constant, continuous, periodic.
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