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Synonyms & Antonyms of hit-and-miss
as in hit-or-miss, haphazard
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hit-and-miss
- capricious,
- changeful,
- changing,
- flickery,
- fluctuating,
- fluid,
- inconstant,
- mercurial,
- mutable,
- temperamental,
- uncertain,
- unpredictable,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- varying,
- wavering
- aperiodic,
- casual,
- catchy,
- choppy,
- discontinuous,
- episodic
- (also episodical),
- erratic,
- fitful,
- intermittent,
- irregular,
- occasional,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- unsteady
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for hit-and-miss
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The first known use of hit-and-miss was in 1897
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