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Definition of Sporadic
1. Adjective. Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances. "A city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"
Similar to: Fitful, Spasmodic, Intermittent, Occasional, Periodic, Irregular, Unpredictable, Isolated, Stray
Also: Discontinuous, Noncontinuous, Infrequent
Antonyms: Continual
Also: Discontinuous, Noncontinuous, Infrequent
Antonyms: Continual
Definition of Sporadic
1. 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.
Definition of Sporadic
1. Adjective. Rare and scattered in occurrence. ¹
2. Adjective. Exhibiting random behavior; patternless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sporadic
1. occurring at irregular intervals [adj]
Medical Definition of Sporadic
1. Neither endemic nor epidemic, occurring occasionally in a random or isolated manner. Origin: Gr. Sporadikos = scattered, L. Sporadicus This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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