Usually means: Inconsistent, sometimes successful, sometimes failing.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word hit-and-miss:

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  1. hit-and-miss: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit-and-miss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit-and-miss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hit-and-miss, hit-and-miss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hit-and-miss: Wordnik
  6. hit-and-miss: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hit-and-miss: Wiktionary
  8. hit-and-miss: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hit-and-miss: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hit-and-miss: Dictionary.com
  11. hit-and-miss: TheFreeDictionary.com

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adjective:  (now chiefly UK) Alternative form of hit-or-miss. [(now chiefly US) Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern.]

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