Get to know Sporadic better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like fitful or infrequent.
Sporadic meaning
- (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
- Rare and scattered in occurrence.
- Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
Synonyms of Sporadic
Using Sporadic
- The main meaning on this page is: (of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic. | Rare and scattered in occurrence. | Exhibiting random behavior; patternless.
- Useful related words include: fitful, infrequent, noncontinuous, discontinuous.
- In the example corpus, sporadic often appears in combinations such as: the sporadic, of sporadic, sporadic and.
Context around Sporadic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sporadic
- In this selection, "sporadic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, june, received, mount, groups, violence and burnt stand out and add context to how "sporadic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the sporadic burnt orange and apart from sporadic and isolated. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sporadic" sits close to words such as barbados, bustling and carving, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sporadic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was then a 'sporadic' visitor. (6 words)
However, Apple’s iPhone SE releases are more sporadic. (9 words)
And the sporadic burnt orange patches only add to this questionable illusion. (12 words)
Couple of sporadic out-of-stocks during the quarter in certain markets, but otherwise it was all pretty much like over 95% and as we head into summer, we're looking at trying to build inventory at the moment slightly, but we're in good shape. (46 words)
Despite the long history of mineral exploration around the Buchans mine, the work has been sporadic and tightly clustered around areas of early success leaving large areas relatively untouched and many strong indications that have not been followed up. (39 words)
Apart from sporadic and isolated disturbances such as Odi, Shagamu and Zaki Biam which were decisively put down with a level of ferocity that offended the human rights community, threats to national security were few and far between. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In contrast, those who worked on the first generation proof did not know how many sporadic groups there were, and in fact some of the sporadic groups (e.
Although Darfur’s conflict subsided over the years, the region remains awash with weapons and sporadic violence erupts, often over access to water, land and resources.
An anonymous reader shares a report: In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite -- including the Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps -- and cloud computing platform.
And the sporadic burnt orange patches only add to this questionable illusion.
Apart from sporadic and isolated disturbances such as Odi, Shagamu and Zaki Biam which were decisively put down with a level of ferocity that offended the human rights community, threats to national security were few and far between.
By its second season, The Big Bang Theory promoted her to become a main player, but instead of featuring her more prominently, her appearances became more sporadic.
Classes were cancelled and workers given the day off for a second day across southern, eastern and central regions, while Taipei, the capital, received sporadic gusty rain showers.
CopeRewards is a key component in fostering staff engagement and is more than just a tool for sporadic employee appreciation.
Couple of sporadic out-of-stocks during the quarter in certain markets, but otherwise it was all pretty much like over 95% and as we head into summer, we're looking at trying to build inventory at the moment slightly, but we're in good shape.
Despite the long history of mineral exploration around the Buchans mine, the work has been sporadic and tightly clustered around areas of early success leaving large areas relatively untouched and many strong indications that have not been followed up.
He made sporadic appearances in the ensuing years, with his last appearance for WWE coming in 2012, beating Heath Slater, as part of an ongoing celebration leading up to WWE’s 1000th episode of Raw.
He was then a 'sporadic' visitor.
However, Apple’s iPhone SE releases are more sporadic.
However, thanks to its unyielding focus on physical strain and suffering — it's the aquatic Passion of the Christ — it maintains enough stakes and sporadic intensity to get by.
It was also the longest play of the game for Sunny Hills, which relied on the ground game to bolster a sporadic passing game.
Jiby Yohannan from Kerala, who lives 8km away from Tel Aviv, said that while local residents were used to sporadic missile strikes, Saturday’s attack had caught everyone off-guard.
Just the Pill, which provides abortion medications by mail, has always focused on grassroots giving — from social media campaigns to online donations — since foundation grants can be sporadic, said Meg Sasse Stern, its outreach and operations coordinator.
Major Catholic and Protestant paramilitary groups gave up violence and disarmed, but small IRA splinter groups continue to mount sporadic attacks on security forces.
Most cases of CJD are sporadic, meaning they spontaneously appear, usually in later life.
No big bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks were reported, although Hamas and Israel both accused each other of sporadic shootings and other violations.
Common combinations with sporadic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sporadic 15×
- of sporadic 15×
- sporadic and 12×
- and sporadic 11×
- sporadic violence 10×
- more sporadic 7×
- been sporadic 7×
- sporadic attacks 7×
- with sporadic 7×
- to sporadic 6×