Progress was haphazard and piecemeal, but over time things became more standard. Test cases underlie testing that is methodical rather than haphazard. The Comstock laws, in an alleged "haphazard and capricious" manner, restricted contraception. Many social animals produce seemingly haphazard sounds which are known as contact calls. Most of these areas were developed in a haphazard manner, without proper planning. The combined streets took a fairly haphazard path as they made their way uptown. Rather than playing out as some sort of haphazard compilation, the album flows seamlessly. The fossilized bacteria pile on top of one another, in a rather haphazard manner. The Beatles performed many of the overdubs in a haphazard manner. It also happens with single person corporations that are managed in a haphazard manner. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard. Randomized experimentation is "not" haphazard. As more resources are applied in maintaining order, the etchings become haphazard and primitive. This haphazard and un-systematic approach to contemporary voices has been going on for years. The implementation of 911 service in the USA was a gradual and haphazard process.