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Definition of Hit-or-miss
1. Adjective. Dependent upon or characterized by chance. "His judgment is rather hit-or-miss"
Definition of Hit-or-miss
1. Adjective. Inconsistent; unpredictable; erratic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hit-or-miss
Literary usage of Hit-or-miss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1917)
"... Not Increase More Rapidly 312 Bull Terrier Breeding, by Robert Duncan Coombs
314 Men and Rats Learn in the Same Way 319 A hit-or-miss Universe (Review ..."
2. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
""Hit or miss" is a homely but significant phrase, and is expressive of the noble
sentiment of the patriot Adams, uttered about the same period:—"Sink or ..."
3. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society (1899)
"... barrel for the season, hit or miss; that is, they take your apples and fifty
cents and if your apples keep you may realize something for your trouble. ..."
4. The Idea of God: Historical, Critical, Constructive by Clarence Augustine Beckwith (1922)
"VI In the order of nature there is a "hit or miss" method which seems difficult
to reconcile with definite ..."
5. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1903)
"The hit-or-miss Governor.—The first and simplest system of governing was to
arrange the cam by which the inlet-valve for gas was raised for the suction ..."
6. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1903)
"The hit-or-miss Governor.—The first and simplest system of governing was to
arrange the cam by which the inlet-valve for gas was raised for the suction ..."
7. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1907)
"The hit-or-miss Governor.—The first and simplest system of governing was to
arrange the cam by which the inlet-valve for gas was raised for the suction ..."
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