- sporadic spo·rad·ic adj
- [spə'rædɪk]
(attempts, gunfire) sporadico (-a), (work) discontinuo (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
sporadic spo·rad·ic adj
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sporadic — spo•rad•ic [[t]spəˈræd ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional 2) appearing in scattered or isolated instances • Etymology: 1680–90; < ML sporadicus < Gk sporadikós < sporad (s. of sporás strewn … From formal English to slang
sporadic — spo|rad|ic [spəˈrædık] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: sporadicus, from Greek, from sporaden scattered in different places ] happening fairly often, but not regularly = ↑intermittent ▪ There has been sporadic violence downtown.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Sporadic — Occurring upon occasion or in a scattered, isolated or seemingly random way. A disorder that is sporadic is by definition neither an endemic, an epidemic, nor a pandemic: {{}}An endemic is present in a community at all times but in low frequency … Medical dictionary
