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Synonyms & Antonyms of scattershot
as in shotgun
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for scattershot
- accidental,
- casual,
- chance,
- chancy,
- contingent,
- fluky
- (also flukey),
- fortuitous,
- inadvertent,
- incidental,
- lucky,
- unconsidered,
- unintended,
- unintentional,
- unplanned,
- unpremeditated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for scattershot
- methodical
- (also methodic),
- nonrandom,
- orderly,
- organized,
- regular,
- systematic,
- systematized
- aware,
- conscious,
- deliberate,
- purposeful,
- thoughtful,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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The first known use of scattershot was in 1951
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