His aim was sporadic and the bullet holes were scattered randomly.
The lackluster battle was punctuated by sporadic mortar fire.
We huddled in our trenches, listening to sporadic enemy gunfire.
Shopping without a list may only fulfill sporadic needs. My sporadic shopping helps me to buy in bulk.
He came in at 12:00am and said where are my students?
The root word for "sporadic" is "sporad" which comes from the Late Latin word "sporadicus," meaning scattered or isolated.
Development over the next few years was very sporadic.
Snow in Mexico is very infrequent. It's very infrequent that I go see a movie. Use in place of words such as occasional, rare, scarce, uncommon, unusual, not often, sporadic. Try doing a search on at google.com for the word and see what examples are there.
to be sporadic and without pattern to be sporadic and without pattern
The two words are unrelated in any language, not just English. Sporadic derives from the Greek root meaning "scattered" ( cf. diaspora ), while inspiration comes from the Latin root meaning "breath."
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* symbolic * sporadic * sadistic * sardonic * specific