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
Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
And that's hard in some places where short-term rentals are a hit-or-miss proposition.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
Like most anthologies, horror or otherwise, they can be hit or miss, though just about every one of the individual segments in the franchise is good for a scare or at least a laugh.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Christmas music seems to be hit-or-miss with most people, and opinions on specific songs can vary greatly.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024
And that's hard in some places where short-term rentals are a hit-or-miss proposition.
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Adverb
The emulated games on this collection are actually pretty hit or miss, from a modern game design perspective.
—Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
Like most anthologies, horror or otherwise, they can be hit or miss, though just about every one of the individual segments in the franchise is good for a scare or at least a laugh.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-or-miss
Adjective
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The results derived from a random sampling of 1,004 adults aged 18 and over living in all 50 states, based on phone interviews, with a margin of error plus or minus four percent and with a 95 percent confidence level.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Webroot can securely erase files for you, overwriting them with random data three times, by default.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Eversource is asking the court to overturn a 2023 PURA decision that the company claims was based on an arbitrary application of regulatory law and intended to reach a pre-determined decision to slash its rates.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2025
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Many of those firings have prompted lawsuits parallel to Dellinger’s that challenge the legality of Trump bypassing language in statutes, including provisions that protect employees at independent agencies from politicized or arbitrary firings.—
Ashley Oliver,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Mar. 2025
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His career arc was atypically jagged and erratic for a pop singer, starting at an unnaturally young age and continuing for decades, but rarely for more than a hit song at a time, and often with many fallow years coming in between them.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Deepfake films, for example, frequently feature odd blinking patterns, erratic lighting and inconsistent facial expressions.—
Rohan Pinto,
Forbes,
27 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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