Usually means: Randomly dispersed or spread out.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word scattershot:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. scattershot: Merriam-Webster
  2. scattershot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scattershot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scattershot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scattershot: Vocabulary.com
  6. Scattershot, scattershot: Wordnik
  7. scattershot: Wiktionary
  8. scattershot: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. scattershot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. scattershot: Dictionary.com
  11. Scattershot (Transformers), Scattershot (book), Scattershot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. scattershot: Rhymezone
  13. scattershot: FreeDictionary.org
  14. scattershot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. scattershot: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. scattershot: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scattershot: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Covering a broad range in a random and unsystematic way.

Similar:
scattered, sprinkly, far-flung, rambling, aleatory, helter-skelter, catch-as-catch-can, drive-by, extemporaneous, offhand, more...

Opposite:
focused, targeted, precise, concentrated

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Similar:
scattered, sprinkly, far-flung, rambling, aleatory, helter-skelter, catch-as-catch-can, drive-by, extemporaneous, offhand, more...

Opposite:
focused, targeted, precise, concentrated



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