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Synonyms & Antonyms of hit-or-miss
(Entry 1 of 2)
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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- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Near Antonyms for hit-or-miss
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Antonyms for hit-or-miss
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
hit or miss
adverbSynonyms & Antonyms of hit or miss (Entry 2 of 2)
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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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 7 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of hit-or-miss was in 1606
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