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Recent Examples of hit-and-miss
But overall, styling is hit-and-miss on this one in my humble opinion.
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New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
And to say its fusillade of jokes is hit-and-miss would also be a charitable take.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The hit-and-miss driverless experience comes despite Musk responding in September to a Robotaxi user’s social media lament about having a supervisor in the driver’s seat.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
So much of the immediate pleasure of the show came from how unforced and unstudied the young ensemble was in the beginning, but what felt like brilliant casting in the beginning became increasingly more hit-and-miss as the show progressed.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Perhaps not coincidentally, Crowe has been on a long-running, hit-and-miss self-improvement program for at least two decades.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
They have been hit-and-miss with their high-quality opportunities, though, with their big-chance conversion rate of 33 per cent matching Manchester United’s.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The storms are expected to be hit-and-miss, so not everyone will see rain.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
The hit-and-miss nature has been highlighted by those with early access to the hardware.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
And to say its fusillade of jokes is hit-and-miss would also be a charitable take.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The hit-and-miss driverless experience comes despite Musk responding in September to a Robotaxi user’s social media lament about having a supervisor in the driver’s seat.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
So much of the immediate pleasure of the show came from how unforced and unstudied the young ensemble was in the beginning, but what felt like brilliant casting in the beginning became increasingly more hit-and-miss as the show progressed.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Perhaps not coincidentally, Crowe has been on a long-running, hit-and-miss self-improvement program for at least two decades.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
They have been hit-and-miss with their high-quality opportunities, though, with their big-chance conversion rate of 33 per cent matching Manchester United’s.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The storms are expected to be hit-and-miss, so not everyone will see rain.
—Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
The hit-and-miss nature has been highlighted by those with early access to the hardware.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-miss
Adjective
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All of this is a bit haphazard, and none of it is very deep or revealing.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Lawmakers have accused the Justice Department of withholding too many files and criticized the agency for haphazard redactions that exposed intimate details about victims.—
Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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May 21 – June 20 A random chat could inspire you to make smarter moves.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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They are proven hitters, and baseball can be random, especially in this early part of the season when ballparks are still frozen and very few players are in midseason form.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To run the table, Fearne would need the two-man game of Mingo and Anton Bonke to feast on smaller defenders, wing Arden Conyers to continue his late-season stride, and the hit-or-miss game of Damoni Harrison to fire on all cylinders.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
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Pritchard has been a hit-or-miss scorer of late, notching single-digit point totals in four of his last eight games, including goose eggs against Philadelphia and Charlotte.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Another concern is the protection of Route 90, the only highway connecting the small and scattered communities of the north, on which the 27-year-old woman was killed last week.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Earlier sunshine way to clouds and scattered rain as the first, in a series, of passing systems brings brief wet weather to Maryland.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Trump’s goal is to distract you from rising gas prices, his aimless war, ICE abuses, and the Epstein files.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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No surprise, then, that Kim is initially skeptical of Sean’s conspiracy theories, assuming her aimless husband to be fixating on trivial nonsense.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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An awkward, desultory conversation ensues.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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There'd be people sitting outside smoking, having desultory conversations, playing games.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What’s to blame for all these arbitrary governing principles?—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Black folks have seen the face of the US’s prerogative state—the side of the government that dispenses arbitrary jurisprudence, discriminatory law enforcement, and violence against those who challenge its authority and dominant ideologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Some stray bullets also hit a neighboring apartment building, although no injuries were reported.—
Molly Gibbs,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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The stray bullet also grazed her older brother’s back.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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