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What does hit-or-miss mean?

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Adjective
  1. inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing.
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Her occasional sketches are hit-or-miss, best when they have some sly subtext.
In our opinion, the services provided in French to Manitobans by means of toll-free telephone lines are too often hit-or-miss.
The last of the six punchy paragraphs on the latter is fairly typical of Hamilton's hit-or-miss procedure throughout the book.
Augusta gave him a hit-or-miss kiss in the dark, climbed into her bed and went obediently to sleep like a child.
Matrimony should not be committed in a round-about, indirect, hit-or-miss manner.
Zachery is generally punished for his bad behavior with time-outs, a parenting tool that is often a hit-or-miss proposition.

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