: in a hit-or-miss manner : haphazardly
Examples of hit-or-miss in a Sentence
Adjective
your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again
Adverb
I was learning Spanish hit or miss, mostly just by hearing my friends speak it.
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PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
And while this didn’t necessarily mark the end of the league’s hit-or-miss booking strategy—turns out that 1997 Blues Brothers tribute featuring Jim Belushi and John Goodman wasn’t the product of a mass hallucination—the Wacko Jacko coup was a huge step forward for the NFL.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The previous two matchups against the Panthers and Commanders both went over, but building around those games have been hit or miss.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Although its interface works well, the actual recommendations are hit-or-miss.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
And while this didn’t necessarily mark the end of the league’s hit-or-miss booking strategy—turns out that 1997 Blues Brothers tribute featuring Jim Belushi and John Goodman wasn’t the product of a mass hallucination—the Wacko Jacko coup was a huge step forward for the NFL.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
The film is hit or miss, but the casting of von Sydow — no stranger to satanic forces thanks to The Exorcist — proves quite inspired.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
The previous two matchups against the Panthers and Commanders both went over, but building around those games have been hit or miss.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hit-or-miss
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-or-miss. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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