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scattershot

[ skat-er-shot ]

adjective

  1. delivered over a wide area and at random; generalized and indiscriminate:

    a scattershot attack on the proposed program.

scattershot

/ ˈskætəˌʃɒt /

adjective

  1. 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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