: in a hit-or-miss manner : haphazardly
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Adjective
your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again
Adverb
I was learning Spanish hit or miss, mostly just by hearing my friends speak it.
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Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
The one gaming area that was hit-or-miss was Steam, which is still in beta on ChromeOS.
—Daniel Thorp-Lancaster, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2024
Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Like most companies that purport to offer maximum value for minimum price, Shark has products that can be hit or miss.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Next up was Giancarlo Stanton, the exemplar of our hit-or-miss moment: he’s amassed more home runs and strikeouts than any active player.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
The one gaming area that was hit-or-miss was Steam, which is still in beta on ChromeOS.
—Daniel Thorp-Lancaster, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2024
Adverb
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Apple's new natural language photo search is hit or miss.
—Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 28 Oct. 2024
Like most companies that purport to offer maximum value for minimum price, Shark has products that can be hit or miss.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-or-miss. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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