hit-or-miss

[hit-er-mis]

hit-or-miss

[hit-er-mis]
adjective
careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.

Origin:
1600–10
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Hit-or-miss is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
WordNet
hit-or-miss

adjective
dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" [syn: haphazard
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