hit-and-miss
hit-and-miss
Definition
hit·-and-miss (hit′'n mis′)
adjective
- resulting in both successes and failures: said as of a series of attempts
- hit-or-miss
hit-and-miss
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- affair: The failing battery makes every journey a hit-and-miss affair.
- transform: Exercises How can the hit-and-miss transform be used to perform erosion?
- approach: The hit-and-miss approach to menu selection reminds me of the Acorn Archimedes.
- way: The book draws on many highly relevant source ideas and issues, even tho it does this in a hit-and-miss way.
- operation: Figure 1 Example of the extended type of structuring element used in hit-and-miss operations.
- business: Part II perks up somewhat after some quite literally hit-and-miss business with cow-pats at Frogmore and the laundry basket scene goes with a swing.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Using speculative applications is, of course, a rather hit-and-miss business.
- little: It's a little hit-and-miss for more complex programs, but is worth trying.
- slightly: I had Crohn's disease which meant support from me would always be slightly hit-and-miss.
- pretty: My experiments tuning into other radio stations have been pretty hit-and-miss.
- too: College governance needs radical reform present arrangements are too hit-and-miss.
- very: The law does in practice take into account panic, but again it is all very hit-and-miss.
Browse dictionary entries near hit-and-miss
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