hit and miss
Example Sentences
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Lucasfilm was hit-and-miss under Kennedy—for every Star Wars success story like The Force Awakens, there were duds like Solo, a spinoff that focuses on original trilogy icon Han Solo.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Kinghorn might well be playing for a starting place given that Hugo Keenan was hit-and-miss in the first Test.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
The system was producing hit-and-miss bands of precipitation rather than generalized widespread rainfall.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023
Our fathers could've asked Coach Ben for his rec center affiliations and proof that he had the skill set to train kids, but like I said, our fathers were hit-and-miss.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023
It was some five minutes later that he found Powell by hit-and-miss.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
