sporadic

Meanings

• adjective

  occurring at irregular intervals or in an unstable manner

  - "The sporadic rainfall made it difficult to plan farming activities."
  - "Despite her sporadic attendance, she managed to pass the exam."
  - "The sporadic beeping of the smoke alarm woke everyone up."

• adjective

  happening or occurring now and then

  - "The sporadic traffic jams on this highway are infamous."
  - "He was a sporadic donor to charity causes."
  - "The sporadic outbreaks of disease were a concern for public health officials."

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Pronunciation

1. /spɔˈɹæɾɪk/
   
   
   
   Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=205344"

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sporadic
radic , static , dynamic

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Variants

List of all variants of sporadic that leads to same result
sporadic , sporadic E layer

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Etymology

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From the Greek word sporadikos, meaning scattered or separate.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'sporadic' is often used in astronomy to describe stars that exhibit irregular or unpredictable brightness.

2. In computer programming, a 'sporadic error' is an error that occurs infrequently and unpredictably.

3. The term 'sporadic' is also used in geology to describe rock formations that occur in isolated pockets or clusters.

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Related Concepts

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1. random: Related to the concept of randomness, as sporadic events are often unpredictable and occur without a discernible pattern.

2. intermittent: Similar to the concept of intermittent, as both terms describe occurrences that are not continuous but happen at irregular intervals.

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Quotes

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1. The Bronx begins here physically, and it began here historically as well; this was the site of Jonas Bronck's farmhouse. Not much is known about him: he was a Swedish sea captain who was induced to settle the area by the Dutch West India Company. A peace treaty signed at Bronck's house ended years of "sporadic" but bloody skirmishes between the Dutch and the Weckquasgeeks.

   - Marcus Laffey,{it}New Yorker{/it},15 May 2000

2. The law was indeed tightened, prohibiting the employment of illegal aliens on the valid assumption that removing the magnet of jobs is necessary to stem illegal immigration. But enforcement was "sporadic" at best, and has now virtually ceased.

   - Mark Krikorian,{it}National Review{/it},26 Jan. 2004

3. I left Madras twenty years ago. Two marriages and three children later I am a different man from the one who left. My return visits have been "sporadic". But there is great delight in a homecoming.

   - Abraham Verghese,{it}Atlantic{/it},February 2001

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Culture

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In literature, the term 'sporadic' is often used to describe events or occurrences that happen irregularly or unpredictably. For instance, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment,' the protagonist's guilt and remorse manifest in sporadic fits of self-loathing and despair.

How to Memorize "sporadic"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a series of dots scattered randomly on a graph, representing sporadic occurrences.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sporadic' with the image of a stop-and-go traffic pattern.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym 'SPORadic' to remember the definition: 'Sporadic' means 'Scattered, Peculiar, Occasional, Random, and Disconnected'.

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