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Definitions for Sporadic
[1] (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
[2] appearing in scattered or isolated instances, as a disease.
[3] isolated, as a single instance of something; being or occurring apart from others.
[4] occurring singly or widely apart in locality: the sporadic growth of plants.
[5] occurring at irregular points in time; intermittent sporadic firing
[6] scattered; isolated a sporadic disease
Words related to Sporadic
fitful, infrequent, rare, irregular, intermittent, random, scattered, isolated, occasional, desultory, spotty, few, hit-or-miss, scarce, seldom, spasmodic, uncommon
Words nearby Sporadic
spoonworm, spoony, spoor, spor-, sporades, sporadic, sporangiophore, sporangiospore, sporangium, spore, spore case
Origin of Sporadic
1680–90; < Medieval Latin sporadicus < Greek sporadikós, equivalent to sporad- (stem of sporás strewn, akin to sporá spore) + -ikos -ic
Other words from Sporadic
spo·rad·i·cal·ly , adverb
spo·rad·i·cal·ness , noun
spo·ra·dic·i·ty [spawr-uh -dis -i-tee, spohr-] /ˌspɔr əˈdɪs ɪ ti, ˌspoʊr-/ , spo·ra·dism , noun
Word origin for Sporadic
C17: from Medieval Latin sporadicus, from Greek sporadikos, from sporas scattered; related to Greek speirein to sow; see spore
Synonyms for Sporadic
desultory, fitful, infrequent, intermittent, irregular, isolated, occasional, random, rare, scattered, spotty, bits and pieces, few, fits and starts, hit-or-miss, on-again-off-again, scarce, seldom, semioccasional, spasmodic, uncommon, unfrequent