hit-or-miss

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hit awr mis]
- /hɪt ɔr mɪs/
- /hɪt ɔː(r) mɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hit awr mis]
- /hɪt ɔr mɪs/

Definitions of hit-or-miss word

adjective hit-or-miss careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research. 1
adjective hit-or-miss inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing. 0

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Origin of hit-or-miss

First appearance:

before 1600

One of the 39% oldest English words

First recorded in 1600-10

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Parts of speech for Hit-or-miss

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hit-or-miss

hit-or-miss popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for hit-or-miss

adj hit-or-miss

accidental — An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
aimless — A person or activity that is aimless has no clear purpose or plan.
arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.

All 15 Synonyms of hit-or-miss