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sporadic
CEFRC1
/spəˈɹæd.ɪk/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Happening sometimes and irregularly, not often or regularly.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailExhibiting random behavior; patternless.
Examples
Apart from hearing sporadic gunfire, the day was pretty quiet.
My connection has sporadic problems.
At a glance
Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsRare and scattered in occurrence.
(of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
Not belonging to any infinite family; an exception to an otherwise orderly classification.
More examples
In contextIt was a stodgy, weary display from Mourinho’s team with only sporadic moments when they threatened Salvatore Sirigu’s goal and their manager seemed bewildered afterwards when he tried to explain what had gone wrong.
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Origin
adjective
From Medieval Latin sporadicus (whence also French sporadique, Italian sporadico, Spanish esporádico), from Ancient Greek σποραδικός (sporadikós), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered, dispersed”), from σπορά (sporá), σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing [of seed]”).