hit-and-ˈmiss
31hit or miss — hit and/or miss if something is hit and miss, you cannot be certain of its quality because it is sometimes good and sometimes bad. We used a cheap printer, but the quality was a bit hit or miss. Weather forecasting used to be a very hit and miss… …
32hit-or-miss — • hit or miss • hit and miss adj Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. John did a lot of hit or miss reading, some of it about taxes. Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit or miss fashion …
33hit\ or\ miss — • hit or miss • hit and miss adv In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. George didn t know which house on the street was Jane s, so he began ringing doorbells hit or miss. •• unsystematic; random; relying on chance; not… …
34hit-or-miss — adjective HIT AND MISS …
35hit-or-miss — (= hit and miss), adjective even his approach to finding a job is hit or miss Syn: erratic, haphazard, disorganized, undisciplined, unmethodical, uneven; careless, slapdash, slipshod, casual, cursory, lackadaisical, random, aimless, undirected …
36hit-and-miss brickwork — /hɪt n ˌmɪs ˈbrɪkwɜk/ (say hit n .mis brikwerk) noun stretcher bond laid with a gap of approx. 50 mm instead of a perpend, for ventilation …
37hit-or-miss — adjective dependent upon or characterized by chance a haphazard plan of action his judgment is rather hit or miss • Syn: ↑haphazard • Similar to: ↑random • Derivationally related forms: ↑haphazardness …
38hit-or-miss — also[hit and miss] {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit or miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit or miss fashion./ …
39hit-or-miss — also[hit and miss] {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit or miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary packed her bag in hurried, hit or miss fashion./ …
40hit-or-miss — /hɪt ɔ ˈmɪs/ (say hit aw mis) adjective → hit and miss …
