Definition of sporadic Sporadic
/spɚæˈdɪk/ - [speratdik] - spo•rad•ic
We found 5 definitions of sporadic from 4 different sources.
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What does sporadic mean?
WordNet
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| sporadic - recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances; "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids" | ||
| continual occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters" | ||
| noncontinuous, discontinuous not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling" | ||
| infrequent not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals; "infrequent outbursts of temper" | ||
| fitful, spasmodic intermittently stopping and starting; "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static" | ||
| intermittent stopping and starting at irregular intervals; "intermittent rain showers" | ||
| periodic, occasional recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic feelings of anxiety" | ||
| unpredictable, irregular unknown in advance; "an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sporadic (Adjective)
Rare and scattered in occurrence. - sporadic (Adjective)
Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sporadic (a.)
Occuring singly, or apart from other things of the same kind, or in scattered instances; separate; single; as, a sporadic fireball; a sporadic case of disease; a sporadic example of a flower.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sporadic
-al, spō-rad′ik, -al, adj. scattered—a term specially applied to any disease usually epidemic or contagious, when it attacks only a few persons in a district and does not spread in its ordinary manner.—adv. Sporad′ically.—n. Sporad′icalness. [Gr. sporadikos—sporas, sporados, scattered—speirein, to sow.]
