: in a hit-or-miss manner : haphazardly
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Examples of hit-or-miss in a Sentence
Adjective
your hit-or-miss schedule for taking your medication is going to land you in the hospital again
Adverb
I was learning Spanish hit or miss, mostly just by hearing my friends speak it.
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Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
Inevitably, Disney politics appear during a Parade of Future Careers (one of several hit-or-miss skits) where the outcast emotions ride on a Supreme Court Justice float.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 June 2024
Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
There are other routes to successful college coaching, results are always hit or miss.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
In the 1980s, the Egyptian Stella was a hit-or-miss beer: bottles were filled to different levels, a sure sign of quality problems, and some barkeepers even reported finding matches and nails inside of bottles.
—Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
Inevitably, Disney politics appear during a Parade of Future Careers (one of several hit-or-miss skits) where the outcast emotions ride on a Supreme Court Justice float.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 June 2024
Adverb
The previous 12 coaches with no prior experience were hit or miss.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 June 2024
There are other routes to successful college coaching, results are always hit or miss.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Hit-or-miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit-or-miss. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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