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scattershot
[ skat-er-shot ]
adjective
- delivered over a wide area and at random; generalized and indiscriminate:
a scattershot attack on the proposed program.
scattershot
/ ˈskætəˌʃɒt /
adjective
- random; haphazard
their approach to conservation is scattershot and unscientific
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scattershot1
First recorded in 1960–65; adj. use of scatter shot
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