All hit-or-miss synonyms

adj hit-or-miss

• random — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
• 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.
• contingent — A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.
• fluky — obtained by chance rather than skill.
• fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
• haphazard — characterized by lack of order or planning, by irregularity, or by randomness; determined by or dependent on chance; aimless.
• incidental — happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
• irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
• slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
• unplanned — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
• unpremeditated — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.