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- Dictionarysporadic/spəˈradɪk/
adjective
- 1. occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated: "sporadic fighting broke out"
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happening sometimes; not regular or continuous: sporadic gunfire. a sporadic electricity supply. More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. Synonym. occasional. Compare. continual. continuous adjective (NOT STOPPING) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Frequency & regularity - general words.
You never know where or when the occasion to use sporadic will pop up, but when it does, sporadic is the perfect choice to describe something that happens randomly or irregularly, often in scattered instances or isolated outbursts.
Sporadic definition: (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional. See examples of SPORADIC used in a sentence.
adjective. us / spəˈræd.ɪk / uk / spəˈræd.ɪk / Add to word list. happening sometimes; not regular or continuous: sporadic gunfire. a sporadic electricity supply. More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. Synonym. occasional. Compare. continual. continuous adjective (NOT STOPPING)
Sporadic is an adjective that you can use to refer to something that happens or appears often, but not constantly or regularly. The mail carrier comes every day but the plumber's visits are sporadic — he comes as needed.
Sporadic occurrences of something happen at irregular intervals. ...a year of sporadic fighting in the north of the country. American English : sporadic / spəˈrædɪk /
Definition of sporadic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Sporadic Definition. Happening from time to time; not constant or regular; occasional. Widely separated from others, scattered, or isolated in occurrence; appearing singly, apart, or in isolated instances. Not epidemic, endemic, or inherited. Used of a disease or condition.
(of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm. appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease. isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others.
