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hit-or-miss
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Princeton's WordNet
haphazard, hit-or-missadjective
dependent upon or characterized by chance
"a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
Wiktionary
hit-or-missadjective
Inconsistent; unpredictable; erratic.
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hit-or-miss
"Hit-or-miss" is an expression commonly used to describe something that is not consistent or predictable and may sometimes succeed or fail. It suggests varying quality or reliability, often dependent on chance or random conditions.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hit-or-miss in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hit-or-miss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of hit-or-miss in a Sentence
Just like Mardi Gras, I couldn’t have planned that day any better, everything’s hit or miss, so I’m very surprised … It is a pivotal point in the trip.
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.
The rough is now so wet, it's really juicy and it's going nowhere. It's coming out just so dead. The fairways, it's kind of hit or miss, i had a couple of times where I had a bunch of mud on it and a couple of times where it was borderline casual (water) but I didn't get relief. I heard we're playing it up in the fourth round, so at least they're thinking smart in that respect.
Callan Jansen of Washington state:
It's just really hard to feel like the work I'm doing is real or important when the expectations are so vague, external motivators are really helpful for me, and right now it feels like I need to rely almost entirely on internal motivation, which can be really hit or miss.
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