hit-or-miss

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hit-or-miss

adjective more hit- · -miss · most hit- · hit-and-miss · hit or miss

  1. US, idiomatic, informal Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern. On the contrary, these cones are made up of materials of all sizes mixed together in the most hit or miss fashion.

    Similar: hitty-missy

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adj inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing

Españolensayo y error
Portuguêsimprevisível, errático

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@misc{hit_or_miss_2026,
  title = {hit-or-miss},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hit-or-miss},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}