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sporadic

spo·rad·ic [ spə ráddik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. occurring irregularly: occurring at intervals that have no apparent pattern

2. not epidemic: describes a disease that appears in scattered or isolated instances or locations

[Late 17th century. Via medieval Latin< Greek sporadikos< sporad- "scattered"]

spo·rad·i·cal·ly adverb

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See periodic.

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