hit-or-miss

English

Alternative forms

• hit-and-miss, hit and miss (UK)
• hit or miss

Adjective

hit-or-miss

1. (now chiefly US) Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern.

Synonyms

• hitty-missy

Derived terms

• hit-or-miss transform

Translations

inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing

• Hungarian: próba szerencse, találomra (hu)
• Spanish: ensayo y error m

See also

• go or blow

Anagrams

• historism