crapshoot
noun
crap·shoot
ˈkrap-ˌshüt 
: something (such as a business venture) that has an unpredictable outcome
Examples of crapshoot in a Sentence
there are almost no sure bets in the movie business—almost everything is a crapshoot
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Everyone could use a more extensive palette of human possibility than the one supplied by the crapshoot of an immediate family.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The crapshoot nature of the draft is exemplified by what happened in the aftermath of the Heat’s selections of Adebayo and Herro.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Injuries are, too, and then the playoffs can be a crapshoot.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor 48.
Survivor players can’t make it to the end alone, but sometimes, even one’s best attempts at building trust remain a crapshoot.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Mar. 2025
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
The crapshoot nature of the draft is exemplified by what happened in the aftermath of the Heat’s selections of Adebayo and Herro.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Injuries are, too, and then the playoffs can be a crapshoot.
—Chris Branch, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor 48.
Survivor players can’t make it to the end alone, but sometimes, even one’s best attempts at building trust remain a crapshoot.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crapshoot
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“Crapshoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crapshoot. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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