hit-or-miss

hit-or-miss
adjective
dependent upon or characterized by chance
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a haphazard plan of action

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his judgment is rather hit-or-miss

• Syn: ↑haphazard
• Similar to: ↑random
• Derivationally related forms: ↑haphazardness (for: ↑haphazard)

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adj
disorganized, haphazard, indiscriminate, undirected, unplanned, careless, offhand, casual, aimless, random, trial-and-error, perfunctory, lackadaisical, apathetic, cursory, uneven
≠ directed, planned, organized

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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: hit or miss
: unpredictable and uncertain usually through lack of care, forethought, system, or plan : marked by indifferent, ill-considered, or empirical expediency

making all allowances for the hit-or-miss element in affirmations of a general kind — Times Literary Supplement

broadly : having no fixed or predetermined pattern

a hit-or-miss carpet

Synonyms: see random

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/hit"euhr mis"/, adj.
careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
[1600-10]

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hitˈ-or-missˈ adjective
Hit-and-miss
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Main Entry: ↑hit

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hit-or-miss UK US adjective
hit-and-miss
Thesaurus: not well plannedsynonym

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hit-or-miss «HIHT uhr MIHS», adjective.
not planned; random; haphazard: »

In hit-or-miss fashion, man has been fighting corrosion ever since he first rubbed a little grease on the blade of his hunting knife (Wall Street Journal).

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['ˌhid ôr 'mis]
as likely to be unsuccessful as successful

her work can be hit-or-miss

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/ˌhıtɚˈmıs/ adj
: not carefully planned or directed

a hit-or-miss [=hit-and-miss] method of finding answers

a hit-or-miss procedure/proposition

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ˌhit-or-ˈmiss [hit-or-miss] adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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