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hit-or-miss

/ˈhɪt.ɔːr.ˌmɪs/

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adjective

/ˈhɪt.ɔːr.ˌmɪs/B2formal
  • ruОписывает что-то, что бывает то хорошим, то плохим, с непредсказуемыми результатами.

Describes something that is sometimes good and sometimes bad, with unpredictable results.

  1. Unpredictable or randomB2informal

    Dependent upon or characterized by chance; sometimes successful and sometimes not.

    ruНепредсказуемый

    • Finding a parking spot in this area is hit-or-miss.
    • His cooking is hit-or-miss; some dishes are great, others are terrible.
    • The results of the experiment were hit-or-miss, with no clear pattern.

    Synonymsarbitrarycapriciouschancedisorganizederratichaphazardindiscriminaterandomunpredictableunsystematic

    Antonymscertainconsistentdependableinfallibleinvariablemethodicalpredictableregularreliablesuresystematicuniform

Forms
  • more hit-or-miss comparative form
  • most hit-or-miss superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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