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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

Hurried or disorganized in nature or execution

Arbitrary in nature

Or recurrently stopped in an unpredictable or inconsistent manner

Random or haphazard in nature

Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals

Lacking in purpose or use

Crudely done or constructed, especially in haste

Cheerfully casual in a careless or irresponsible way

Adverb

In a random, aimless or directionless way or manner

In a hasty manner, typically without much thought

Noun

Uncertain situation with equal opportunities

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

defenceless^UK

defenseless^US

hanging in the balance

in the lap of the gods

between rock and hard place

between sixes and sevens

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“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 take proper care

like an absent-minded professor

lax about

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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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Hurried or disorganized in nature or execution

unorganised^UK

unorganized^US

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

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Adjective

Arbitrary in nature

Adjective

Or recurrently stopped in an unpredictable or inconsistent manner

Adjective

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Random or haphazard in nature

Adjective

Occurring at uneven or varying rates or intervals

flakey^US

flaky^UK

full of ups and downs

checkered^US

chequered^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

Adjective

Cheerfully casual in a careless or irresponsible way

Adverb

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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

without delay

flat-out

at the speed of light

like nobody's business

like an arrow from a bow

at high speed

soon

hot

with all possible haste

as fast as your legs can carry you

like a bullet out of a gun

as fast as one's legs can carry one

on spur of the moment

too quickly

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Noun

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Uncertain situation with equal opportunities

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

lucky stroke

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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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