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What is another word for hit-or-miss?

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Adjective

As likely to be unsuccessful as successful, sometimes based on luck or chance

Lacking in system or organization

Appearing or occurring recurrently at intermittent intervals

Marked by lack of care

Cheerfully casual in a careless or irresponsible way

Arbitrary in nature

Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals

Lacking in purpose or use

Crudely done or constructed, especially in haste

Adverb

In a random, aimless or directionless way or manner

In a hasty manner, typically without much thought

Noun

The occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause

The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying as many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a solution is found

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Adjective

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As likely to be unsuccessful as successful, sometimes based on luck or chance

“Zachery is generally punished for his bad behavior with time-outs, a parenting tool that is often a hit-or-miss proposition.”

Adjective

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Lacking in system or organization

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

failing to show proper care and attention

failing to take proper care

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

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“Having never played a first-shooter game before, she just ran around the map in a hit-or-miss fashion.”

Adjective

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Appearing or occurring recurrently at intermittent intervals

Adjective

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Marked by lack of care

Adjective

Cheerfully casual in a careless or irresponsible way

Adjective

Arbitrary in nature

Adjective

Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals

full of ups and downs

checkered^US

chequered^UK

flakey^US

flaky^UK

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Adjective

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Lacking in purpose or use

without rhyme or reason

surplus to requirements

devoid of intelligence

not the full shilling

with a mind like a sieve

dead from the neck up

spaced-out

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Adjective

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Crudely done or constructed, especially in haste

Adverb

In a random, aimless or directionless way or manner

“There's no indicator for the path, so you'll have to learn it hit-or-miss.”

Adverb

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In a hasty manner, typically without much thought

like greased lightning

at full speed

as quickly as possible

at full pelt

hell for leather

at a rate of knots

like a bat out of hell

on the spur of the moment

at the speed of light

like an arrow from a bow

like nobody's business

with all possible haste

with dispatch

at once

before you can say Jack Robinson

in the twinkling of an eye

in a fraction of a second

in the blink of an eye

as fast as one's legs can carry one

like a bullet out of a gun

on spur of the moment

as fast as your legs can carry you

in two shakes of a lamb's tail

unhesitatingly

like all get out

meteorically

in the wink of an eye

in a jiff

in no time at all

very soon

before you can say knife

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Noun

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The occurrence of events in the absence of any obvious intention or cause

a piece of good fortune

way the cookie crumbles

what is written in the stars

handwriting on the wall

piece of good fortune

peculiar turn of events

stroke of good fortune

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Noun

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The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying as many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until a solution is found

research and development

enquiry^UK

inquiry^US

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