Synonyms for sporadic
spəˈræd ɪkspo·radic

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1. sporadicadjective

   recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

   "a city subjected to sporadic bombing raids"

   Antonyms:
   continual, unrelenting, repetitive, recurring, perennial, revenant, relentless, running(a), recurrent, insistent, persistent, repeated

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1. sporadicadjective

   Synonyms:
   scattered, occurring here and there

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1. sporadicadjective

   Synonyms:
   separate, single, isolated

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1. List of paraphrases for "sporadic":

   intermittent, occasional, separate, scattered, piecemeal, casual, isolated

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1. Zheng Lianghai:

   We're seeing an escalation of the debt problems, but so far, the problem is still sporadic, rather than widespread, and is limited to mainly industries suffering from overcapacity and cyclical weakness.

2. Fabio Lambruschi:

   Changes in the climate used to be sporadic; now every summer is different.

3. Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip:

   There are still many patients arising from Daegu and nearby regions ... and sporadic infections continue to emerge elsewhere, though they're not spreading as fast, in fact, now is the time to concentrate all our capabilities to bring a clear reduction in infections.

4. Ben Embarek:

   It's clear that something happened in that market, but it could also be that other places had the same role, and that one was just picked because some doctors were clever enough to link a few sporadic cases together.

5. Elizabeth Hoff:

   What has been a problem is the regularity of supply, the (government) approvals are sporadic.