scattershot

adjective

scat·​ter·​shot ˈska-tər-ˌshät 

: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun

scattershot advice

scattershot planning

Examples of scattershot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The largely receptive crowd often cheered at the scattershot injection of issues from the price of eggs to transgender rights, a microcosm of an era when even the pablum of a graduation speech cannot escape the politics of the moment. —Erica L. Green, New York Times, 2 May 2025

But a blinkered narrative coupled with misty-eyed aesthetic choices yield a strange and scattershot result. —Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025

This scattershot approach wasted potential opportunities and highlighted the importance of a personalized touch. —Tammy Homegardner, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025

The administration's tariff rollout has given off the distinct impression of being done in a scattershot, shoot-from-the-hip manner. —Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for scattershot

• aeronaut
• aforethought
• afterthought
• apricot
• argonaut
• astronaut
• camelot
• coffeepot
• concordat
• cosmonaut
• entrepot
• flowerpot