hit-and-miss

The definition of hit and miss is something that is unpredictable, or that is sometimes good and sometimes bad.

(adjective)

An example of hit and miss is going to a thrift store - you may find great bargains or nothing at all.

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See hit-and-miss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. resulting in both successes and failures: said as of a series of attempts
  2. hit-or-miss

See hit-and-miss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Sometimes succeeding and sometimes not.

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