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hit or miss

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adverb

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Recent Examples of hit-or-miss
Adjective
Box office hauls haven't been the only hit-or-miss for the studio. Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 27 July 2025 She is hit-or-miss in terms of her impact, but early in her career, Malonga has already had productive stretches against Stewart and Collier. Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Adverb
The rating is lower than every other city on the list, which means that certain shops might be hit or miss, but with vintage shopping, the hunt is all part of the fun. Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Traditional straighteners have always been hit or miss for me. Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit-or-miss
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hit-or-miss
Adjective
  • The bookstore idea came from a random day at her local coffee shop and an empty stall in the strip mall.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • During a random search of the area, two officers accidentally stumble on a member of the gang posing as a municipal worker in a high-viz boiler suit.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Opponents of the idea see a hand on the scale and a new label on a socialist effort to redistribute wealth and opportunity randomly and haphazardly without a thought as to possible consequences.
    John Scott Lewinski, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • These options let the computer randomly generate numbers for you.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The result was a mile-long line that turned scattered craftwork into synchronized production.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
  • More likely, a supernova occurs inside a galaxy loaded with numerous, scattered clouds of gas and dust.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • If senior figures display rudeness or disrespect, employees may assume that such behavior is acceptable, making selective enforcement seem arbitrary and undermining of trust.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Moreover, Burroughs further held that the administration’s actions were arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Between February and May, when Dudek’s tenure ended, his erratic rhetoric and decisions routinely made front-page news.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Dyrdhal knew all too well Gooden’s penchant for erratic violence.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hit-or-miss. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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