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Meaning of hit-or-miss | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern.

US, idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Español ensayo y error
Magyar próba szerencse találomra
Português errático imprevisível

Examples

“On the contrary, these cones are made up of materials of all sizes mixed together in the most hit or miss fashion.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Hitchcockesque Hitchcockian hitchless hitchy hither hithermost

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