as in random
lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern
your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again
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as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method
I was learning Spanish hit or miss, mostly just by hearing my friends speak it
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Recent Examples of hit-or-miss
Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Both are free agents along with a hit-or-miss group that includes Aaron Rodgers, Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Kristen Bousquet, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Airline halloumi can be hit or miss, but this one was pleasantly edible.
—Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Neither should be trusted often in man-to-man coverage and can be hit-or-miss in zone.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
Both are free agents along with a hit-or-miss group that includes Aaron Rodgers, Sam Darnold and Daniel Jones.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Adverb
In Nelson’s experience, agencies tend to offer more reliable payments while working directly with brands has been hit or miss.
—Kristen Bousquet, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Airline halloumi can be hit or miss, but this one was pleasantly edible.
—Scott Campbell, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
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Her old boss Raymond King (J.K. Simmons), someone Chris had helped, was shot dead in LA and left a wall of random evidence involving a broken family, human trafficking and global assassinations.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company, which started in 2015 and sells itself as a meal kit service, is actually closer to an online grocery store than a place that’s going to send you half an onion wrapped in plastic and a tiny baggy of cumin to make some so-so black bean tacos or a random stir fry.—
Carina Finn,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most times, these changes are a result of the over-analysis of some arbitrary KPIs meant to gauge the health and growth of the platform.—
Solo Ceesay,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2025
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In short, protectionism grants states too much arbitrary power to intervene in the market and thus spawns more platforms for the exchange of political favors.—
JAVIER CORRALES,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But Trump’s erratic purge of the federal workforce has undermined those very efforts.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the meantime, crowds braved erratic weather for a festive opening weekend, and even early on a Monday morning, neighbors had already begun to converge, attracted by the new sod, tender trees, and open plaza that makes this 165-year-old wedge of nature look fresh and young again.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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