Definitions for sporadic

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sporadic spo·rad·ic

Spelling: [spuh-rad-ik]

IPA: /spəˈræd ɪk/

Sporadic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 463 anagrams from letters in sporadic (acdioprs).

Definitions for sporadic

adjective

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

Origin of sporadic

1680-90; Medieval Latin sporadicus Greek sporadikós, equivalent to sporad- (stem of sporás strewn, akin to sporá spore) + -ikos -ic

Examples for sporadic

Even in New England there was sporadic revolt from the beginning.

And those other, sporadic members of our system, comets and meteors, what are they?

I left Lebanon in June 2012, but we kept in sporadic touch via Facebook.

Under its sporadic breezes, as it turned, the ward was trying to sleep.

sporadic fighting also continued in eastern Ukrainian cities on Thursday.

This is where the sporadic and hectic handling of the romance in the movies fails.

sporadic riots and fires did break out later during the festival.

The chanting—so much a part of protests here for the past 100-plus days—was sporadic through Monday night.

To be sure, there are some sporadic efforts, mere reiterations.

At first resistance to Western encroachment was sporadic and unco-ordinated.