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View synonyms for hit-or-miss
hit-or-miss
[ hit-er-mis ]
adjective
- careless; inattentive; haphazard:
The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hit-or-miss1
First recorded in 1600–10
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Idioms and Phrases
Haphazardly, at random. For example, She took dozens of photos, hit or miss, hoping that some would be good . [c. 1600]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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