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. Yoon Tae-ho:

   It is too early to say we are overcoming the disease, we are still witnessing sporadic outbreaks so we cannot lower our guard.

2. 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.

3. Fabio Lambruschi:

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

4. Jakob Kern:

   This marks a major humanitarian breakthrough in Syria, but we must remember that one-off and sporadic convoys can only provide temporary relief to hungry, desperate people, people need to eat every single day.

5. Teo Yik Ying:

   Very frankly, I am worried, because we do see an increasing number of unlinked cases...and that is a sign that there are sporadic transmissions in the community that we are unable to get a handle on.