as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again
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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
I was learning Spanish hit or miss, mostly just by hearing my friends speak it
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Recent Examples of hit-or-miss
Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
Through this week, downpours will continue to be hit-or-miss.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The output has been very hit or miss since 2018, but the David Gordon Green–Blumhouse collaboration really did sing when the Halloween sequel/reboot landed.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
But Canales ominously said last week the Panthers would consider Marshall’s entire, hit-or-miss body of work, which was largely a miss.
—Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Aug. 2024
Through this week, downpours will continue to be hit-or-miss.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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But all of these are broad brush recommendations that can be hit or miss depending on the dish and the actual wine choses.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
The output has been very hit or miss since 2018, but the David Gordon Green–Blumhouse collaboration really did sing when the Halloween sequel/reboot landed.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-or-miss
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Tenants at the time included consulting and law firms, financial advisory and investment firms, as well as the usual mélange of random, oddball businesses.Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Dec. 2024
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So in addition to a random chance and bad infrastructure design causing this collision and human driver being at fault, in addition to all of that, the company then did not give all of the information to investigators after the crash.Michael Calore, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
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Get the ring that’s perfect for the woman, not the ring whose price tag aligns with an arbitrary algorithm. 18.Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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This first study on ADHD, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed the effect of arbitrary cut-off dates for enrollment in public schools on rates of diagnosis and treatment for ADHD.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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In a February statement, representatives voiced concerns over Williams’ difficulty to process information, her erratic behavior and her struggles to understand financial transactions.Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Penny was charged with both second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, who Penny restrained with a chokehold, later saying he felt threatened by Neely’s erratic behavior on the New York subway.Emma Tucker, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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