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
Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Unfortunately for fans, the final season seems to be a bit hit-or-miss, garnering the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the show’s run.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
The other action sequences are hit or miss, and tend to run on too long with the usual mix of objects — bodies, bullets, rolling vehicles, chunks of concrete — frenetically ping-ponging inside the frame.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Adjective
Under the new rules, his officers can now hold unauthorized migrants until federal officers pick them up, a hit-or-miss proposition in previous years.
—Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
Unfortunately for fans, the final season seems to be a bit hit-or-miss, garnering the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score of the show’s run.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
Cannes opening night can be hit or miss, but lately, festival director Thierry Frémaux has used the occasion to import Hollywood luminaries like Meryl Streep, tributed by Juliette Binoche last year.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
The other action sequences are hit or miss, and tend to run on too long with the usual mix of objects — bodies, bullets, rolling vehicles, chunks of concrete — frenetically ping-ponging inside the frame.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-or-miss
Adjective
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Avoid long strings of random numbers, special characters or irrelevant details.—
Nick Zviadadze,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Previous studies landed on either side of the one coin: the formation was random, or that the animals deliberately took up positions that protected vulnerable animals from attack.—
Bronwyn Thompson,
New Atlas,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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State lawmakers can and should repeal the arbitrary two-year rule.—
Sakinah Tillman,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2025
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Officials have often shaken this number off as arbitrary, but agree military spending needs to surge from the 2 percent benchmark of the last decade, and quickly.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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According to Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, the team's complaint is due to erratic driving behind the safety car and not leaving an appropriate gap.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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And some erratic vibrations were detected at points last week as the stark outperformance of year-to-date laggards over the top 2025 performers prompted some comparisons to the nasty momentum-stock reversal of February and March that upset the market well before the tariff panic.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
14 June 2025
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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