: 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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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
The officiating has been hit-or-miss all season long.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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, 3 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
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
The officiating has been hit-or-miss all season long.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
Live-action adaptations of manga and anime have been hit or miss, as demonstrated by successes like One Piece and Alice in Borderland, and failures like Cowboy Bebop and Death Note.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
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, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-or-miss. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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