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Recent Examples of hit-and-miss
This service should be regular and ongoing, not hit-and-miss.
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Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
The onsite restaurant went through a several hit-and-miss iterations before the current occupant, La Pentola, took over.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Drew Allar, Penn State Allar has prototypical size, tantalizing arm strength and… well, hit-and-miss production.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond was more hit-and-miss, and Oregon State’s Silas Bolden had little impact other than letting punts bounce for extra yards time after time.
—Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
But overall, styling is hit-and-miss on this one in my humble opinion.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
And to say its fusillade of jokes is hit-and-miss would also be a charitable take.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The hit-and-miss driverless experience comes despite Musk responding in September to a Robotaxi user’s social media lament about having a supervisor in the driver’s seat.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
So much of the immediate pleasure of the show came from how unforced and unstudied the young ensemble was in the beginning, but what felt like brilliant casting in the beginning became increasingly more hit-and-miss as the show progressed.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
The onsite restaurant went through a several hit-and-miss iterations before the current occupant, La Pentola, took over.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Drew Allar, Penn State Allar has prototypical size, tantalizing arm strength and… well, hit-and-miss production.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
Alabama transfer Isaiah Bond was more hit-and-miss, and Oregon State’s Silas Bolden had little impact other than letting punts bounce for extra yards time after time.
—Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2026
But overall, styling is hit-and-miss on this one in my humble opinion.
—New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
And to say its fusillade of jokes is hit-and-miss would also be a charitable take.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
The hit-and-miss driverless experience comes despite Musk responding in September to a Robotaxi user’s social media lament about having a supervisor in the driver’s seat.
—Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 21 Jan. 2026
So much of the immediate pleasure of the show came from how unforced and unstudied the young ensemble was in the beginning, but what felt like brilliant casting in the beginning became increasingly more hit-and-miss as the show progressed.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-and-miss
Adjective
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However, what ends up on screen is interminably dull, both in its visual construction and in its haphazard narrative swerves.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 June 2026
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There is no comprehensive survey of the aquatic insects living in the reemerging canyons, and studies from before Glen Canyon Dam are haphazard, Washko said.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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An offshoot of the popular podcast that actor-comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang have hosted since 2016, the award show aims to celebrate the year’s biggest pop culture moments and plays like a fever dream more dazzling and deliciously random than a late-night scroll session on TikTok.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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These aren’t random acquisitions.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The highlight reel feature is pretty hit-or-miss.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
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Though, storms will be hit-or-miss.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Friday, a weakening ridge and an approaching front will allow scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop.—
Lauren Bostwick,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Share a draft, then ask a focused question so collaborators offer helpful edits rather than scattered opinions.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The book is structured as a quest to figure out why a class of aimless young men in late-Thatcherist Blighty get their kicks out of getting paralytically drunk and bashing one another half to death every weekend.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Guin, aimless in her 30s, is living in the shadow of her formidable late mother, the beloved children’s book writer Edith Sharpe.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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The impact of that shocking final scene is sufficient to send viewers out feeling enervated after what’s been a pretty desultory final act.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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Where Bonnie and Clyde glamorizes its couple and their crimes, Loden renders Wanda passive and desultory in the lawless turn her life has taken.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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As a result, the exploit can decrement the variable an arbitrary number of times and then delete and free the chain when some objects still point to it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The French overthrew millennia of arbitrary hereditary rule but soon devolved into terror and war.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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The number of stray dog reports has declined in recent years.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Both are overpopulated with feral and stray animals due to this lack of population management.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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“Hit-and-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-and-miss. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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