Sporadic definition
His sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance.
Your sporadic attendance in class; rebels who put up sporadic resistance.
Most cancers are sporadic, caused by genetic mutations that are not heritable.
An example of sporadic is when you go to the doctor only once every five years or so.
Origin of sporadic
- Medieval Latin sporadicus scattered from Greek sporadikos from sporas sporad- sper- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition