HIT-AND-MISS

Meaning of HIT-AND-MISS in English

ˌhit-and-ˈmiss BrE AmE ( also ˌhit-or-ˈmiss ) adjective

done in a way that is not planned or organized ⇨ random :

The campaign was rather a hit-and-miss affair.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

HIT-AND-MISS — adjective Date: 1897 sometimes successful and sometimes not ; not reliably good or successful
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIT-AND-MISS — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : sometimes hitting or corresponding in position and sometimes not : random , hit-or-miss
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — /hit"n mis"/ , adj. sometimes successful or rewarding and sometimes not. [ 1895-1900 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — random, arbitrary; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HIT-AND-MISS — adjective Date: 1897 : sometimes successful and sometimes not : not reliably good or successful
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT-AND-MISS — Pronunciation: ˌ hit- ə n- ' mis Function: adjective Date: 1897 : sometimes successful and sometimes not : not reliably …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — [hit-and-miss] adj (1897): sometimes successful and sometimes not: not reliably good or successful
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIT-AND-MISS — hit-and-miss BrE AmE ˌhɪt ə n ˈmɪs ◂ - ə nd-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — (also ˌhit-or-ˈmiss ) adjective not done in a careful or planned way and therefore not likely to be successful
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — see hit and miss
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT AND MISS — also hit-and-miss If something is hit and miss or hit or miss , it is sometimes successful and sometimes not. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT AND MISS — also hit-and-miss If something is ~ or hit or miss, it is sometimes successful and sometimes not. Farming can be …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIT-AND-MISS — see hit and miss
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIT-AND-MISS — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a hit-and-miss advertising campaign EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Quite often though, through various hit-and-miss …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIT-AND-MISS — {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit-or-miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary …
Slang English vocab
HIT AND MISS — {adv.} In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. * /George didn't know which house on the street was Jane's, …
Slang English vocab
HIT AND MISS
Slang English vocab
HIT AND MISS — {adv.} In an unplanned or uncontrolled way; aimlessly; carelessly. * /George didn't know which house on the street was Jane's, …
Словарь английских идиом
HIT-AND-MISS — {adj.} Unplanned; uncontrolled; aimless; careless. * /John did a lot of hit-or-miss reading, some of it about taxes./ * /Mary …
Словарь английских идиом
HIT AND MISS — some right and some wrong, trial and error Hiring good help is still a hit-and-miss procedure.
English Idioms vocab
HIT AND MISS — some right and some wrong, trial and error Hiring good help is still a hit-and-miss procedure.
English Idioms vocabulary
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 …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HIT-AND-MISS — прил. ненадежный, неточный hit-and-miss fashion ≈ действия без точного плана hit-and-miss gunnery ≈ воен. стрельба вслепую Syn : inaccurate, inexact …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIT-AND-MISS — a неточный; дающий неустойчивые результаты hit-and-miss gunnery - воен. жарг. а) неточная стрельба; б) стрельба без предварительной подготовки данных hit-and-miss …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIT-AND-MISS — матем. случайный, бессистемный
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
HIT-AND-MISS — прил.ненадежный, неточный; сделанный на авось, наугад hit-and-miss fashion — действия без точного плана hit-and-miss gunnery — воен. стрельба вслепую Syn:inaccurate, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HIT AND MISS — (n) дающий неустойчивые результаты
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIT AND MISS — (a) неточный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — a неточный; дающий неустойчивые результаты ~ gunnery - воен. жарг. а) неточная стрельба; б) стрельба без предварительной подготовки данных ~ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HIT-AND-MISS — a неточный; дающий неустойчивые результаты hit-and-miss gunnery - воен. жарг. а) неточная стрельба; б) стрельба без предварительной подготовки данных hit-and-miss …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HIT AND MISS — неточный, сделанный кое как, случайный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIT AND MISS — неточный, сделанный кое как, случайный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HIT-AND-MISS — прил. ненадежный, неточный; сделанный на авось, наугад hit-and-miss fashion — действия без точного плана hit-and-miss gunnery — воен. стрельба вслепую …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIT-AND-MISS — прил. ненадежный, неточный; сделанный на авось, наугад hit-and-miss fashion — действия без точного плана hit-and-miss gunnery — воен. стрельба вслепую Syn: inaccurate, inexact, hit or …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIT-AND-MISS — [adj.] неточный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
HIT-AND-MISS — a неточный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
HIT AND MISS — "попал - не попал"; то верно, то неверно; случайно, бессистемно, с неустойчивыми результатами
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
HIT AND MISS — «попал - не попал»; то верно, то неверно; случайно, бессистемно, с неустойчивыми результатами
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
HIT-AND-MISS — прил. ненадежный, неточный hit-and-miss fashion ≈ действия без точного плана hit-and-miss gunnery ≈ воен. стрельба вслепую Syn : inaccurate, inexact …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MISS — I. ˈmis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English missen, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIT — I. ˈhit, usu -id.+V verb ( hit ; hit ; hitting ; hits ) Etymology: Middle English hitten, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISS — (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; …
Английский словарь Webster
MISS — ( v. t. ) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MISS — miss 1 — missable , adj. /mis/ , v.t. 1. to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIT — — hitless , adj. — hittable , adj. — hitter , n. /hit/ , v. , hit, hitting , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MISS — I. ˈmis verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan to miss Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIT — I. ˈhit verb ( hit ; hit·ting ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hyttan, probably from Old Norse hitta …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MISS — noun harm from mistake. 2. miss ·noun mistake; error; fault. 3. miss ·noun loss; want; felt absence. 4. miss ·noun …
Webster English vocab
HIT — pron it. 2. hit ·impf & ·p.p. of hit. 3. hit ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of hide, contracted from …
Webster English vocab
MISS — [miss] vb [ME, fr. OE missan; akin to OHG missan to miss] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to fail to hit, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIT — [hit] vb hit ; hit.ting [ME, fr. OE hittan, fr. ON hitta to meet with, hit] vt (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MISS — / mɪs; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb NOT HIT, CATCH, etc. 1. to fail to hit, catch, reach, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISS — I. miss 1 S1 W2 /mɪs/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ miss ; noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISS — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MISS — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIT — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MISS — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). …
Oxford English vocab
HIT — v. & n. --v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1. tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. …
Oxford English vocab
MISS — ( misses, missing, missed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIT — ( hits, hitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'hit' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet misses sb/sth ▪ The bullet narrowly missed her heart. a button is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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