hit-or-miss

• Décrit quelque chose dont la qualité ou le résultat est imprévisible, tantôt bon, tantôt mauvais, sans régularité.

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.

   aléatoire, inégal selon les cas

   • 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.

   Synonymesarbitrarycapriciouschancedisorganizederratichaphazardindiscriminaterandomunpredictableunsystematic

   Antonymescertainconsistentdependableinfallibleinvariablemethodicalpredictableregularreliablesuresystematicuniform