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
USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
But generally, dealing with the soft skills gap is hit or miss.
—Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 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
Adverb
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Productivity can be hit or miss today.
—USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
But generally, dealing with the soft skills gap is hit or miss.
—Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-or-miss
Adjective
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On a random note: Long before those assignments, Chuck was pepper-sprayed covering the disturbances in Miami the morning Elián Gonzalez was whisked away by federal authorities.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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The robot learns in a virtual environment, earning higher scores for better stacking performance with random items.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Right-wing people choosing to pick on LGBTQ folks was almost arbitrary.—
Tessa Stuart,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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The energy is used not to create goods or services but to solve arbitrary puzzles that sustain speculative networks.—
Eric Solis,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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His moods became unpredictable, his behavior erratic.—
David Rabe,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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Which is easier said than done with such an erratic boat service.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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