: in a hit-or-miss manner : haphazardly
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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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Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
Heading into this new season, Rudolph is cognizant of the fact that the stakes of the 2024 election — in which Trump is running against Harris — go far beyond cold opens and hit-or-miss comedy sketches.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
But the availability of the data was hit or miss for each address depending on the service provider, what kind of meters were in place and whether the utility was willing to share it.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
There are times, usually in the evening, when cell service can be hit-or-miss due to the size of the crowd.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024
Heading into this new season, Rudolph is cognizant of the fact that the stakes of the 2024 election — in which Trump is running against Harris — go far beyond cold opens and hit-or-miss comedy sketches.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2024
Adverb
Burton has been hit or miss of late, with his visual flair intact but his storytelling often in disarray.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
But the availability of the data was hit or miss for each address depending on the service provider, what kind of meters were in place and whether the utility was willing to share it.
—Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-or-miss. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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