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hit-and-miss en · ADJ

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1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hit-or-miss.
   alt of hit-or-miss
   • The upgrade from Channel 4 cult hit to Netflix blockbuster gave Charlie Brooker’s hit-and-miss dystopia anthology Black Mirror bigger stars, a bigger budget and, most notably, a far bigger audience. 2021 March 31, Benjamin Lee, “Made for Love review – Black Mirror-esque comedy needs an upgrade”, in The Guardian:
   • But garbage, ashes, tin cans, rubbish, paper, packing, stable refuse, things which go so far to make a community less lovely and less livable are gotten rid of in the most hit and miss fashion, if at all. 1921, Dr. W.F. Bleifuss, “Report of Committee on Garbage and Refuse Disposal”, in Minnesota Municipalities, volumes 6-8, page 125:

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