all over the map

ADJECTIVE

haphazard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aimless arbitrary careless casual desultory disorganized erratic half-assed helter-skelter indiscriminate offhand random slapdash uncoordinated

WEAK

accidental any old way any which way chance designless devil-may-care disorderly hit-or-miss incidental irregular loose purposeless reckless slipshod spontaneous sudden unconcerned unconscious unconsidered unexpected unmethodical unorganized unpremeditated unsystematic unthinking willy-nilly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careful definite deliberate methodical painstaking particular planned specific systematic

WEAK

designed intentional organized straight thought-out

ADVERB

everywhere

Synonyms

STRONGEST

far and wide here and there omnipresent ubiquitous

WEAK

all around all over all over creation here till Sunday high and low in all quarters in each place in every direction in every place inside and out near and far overall pole to pole the world over throughout ubiquitously universally wherever

Antonyms

WEAK

nowhere

Example Sentences

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The performance of the stocks has been all over the map.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Opinions about what Iran’s new leaders want are all over the map, but in the words of Foreign Policy columnist Michael Hirsh, they now seem to be “calling the shots.”

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Outcomes can be all over the map on other matters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Estimates for when the Supreme Court could rule on tariffs have been all over the map, with some suggesting mid-December as likely, while others aren’t anticipating a ruling until the first part of next year.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

The opinions he expressed in print, argued with idiosyncratic logic, were all over the map.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

all over the map

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