Hit-and-miss

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hit-or-miss. UK, alt-of, alternative

    "But garbage, ashes, tin cans, rubbish, paper, packing, stable refuse, things which go so far to make a community less lovely and less livable are gotten rid of in the most hit and miss fashion, if at all."

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botchedbunglingclumsydeficienthalf assedhaphazard

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"Tom's attempts to guess the market were hit-and-miss."

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