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Haphazard, random
Answer for the clue "Haphazard, random ", 11 letters:
hit-or-miss
Word definitions for hit-or-miss in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hit-or-miss \hit-or-miss\ adj. performed without care or close attention; slipshod; careless; -- of the manner of performing a task. Opposite of careful , conscientious or methodical . Syn: haphazard, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. dependent upon or characterized by chance; "a haphazard plan of action"; "his judgment is rather hit-or-miss" [syn: haphazard ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing. alt. inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing.
Usage examples of hit-or-miss.
Scarcely any place was willing to contemplate the prospect of a sea-tank trapped on its foreshore, but still capable of throwing out coelenterates for an unknown length of time, nor did even Bocker have any theories on the location of traps beyond the construction of enormous numbers of them on a hit-or-miss basis.