scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
ˈska-tər-ˌshät 
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice
scattershot planning
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Everything else was a scattershot mess with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) taking on the wholly underwhelming villain Whiplash (Mickey Rourke).
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Up to now, the policy has been haphazardly applied, through scattershot raids on locations such as Home Depot parking lots.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Their respectively basic and scattershot approaches are reflected in the judges’ scores.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Read: How the passionate male friendship died Friendship doesn’t really pursue any answers to those questions, and the film is too slight and scattershot to be able to offer illuminating insights.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Up to now, the policy has been haphazardly applied, through scattershot raids on locations such as Home Depot parking lots.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
Their respectively basic and scattershot approaches are reflected in the judges’ scores.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Read: How the passionate male friendship died Friendship doesn’t really pursue any answers to those questions, and the film is too slight and scattershot to be able to offer illuminating insights.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for scattershot
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattershot. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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