scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
ˈska-tər-ˌshät 
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice
scattershot planning
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Lucy’s journey takes too many cynical turns to be satisfying, and the film’s ideas are too scattershot to be convincing.
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
Ohtani, pitching in the big leagues for the first time in 22 months, reached 100.2 mph in a somewhat scattershot top of the first; San Diego nicked him for a run, taking advantage of a pair of singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of third baseman Manny Machado.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Over some indie guitars and a scattershot beat, the pair trade verses about finding their way to success, even when the people around them still feel stuck in the same place.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 June 2025
Consider the workplace of today: Five years post-pandemic, work from home and remote approaches are scattershot.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
Ohtani, pitching in the big leagues for the first time in 22 months, reached 100.2 mph in a somewhat scattershot top of the first; San Diego nicked him for a run, taking advantage of a pair of singles, a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly off the bat of third baseman Manny Machado.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Over some indie guitars and a scattershot beat, the pair trade verses about finding their way to success, even when the people around them still feel stuck in the same place.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 June 2025
Consider the workplace of today: Five years post-pandemic, work from home and remote approaches are scattershot.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for scattershot
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattershot. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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