| Main Entry: | hit or miss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | marked by lack of care |
Synonyms: |
at random, by chance, haphazardly, hit-or-miss |
| Main Entry: | aimless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no goal |
Synonyms: |
accidental, any which way, bits-and-pieces, blind, capricious, careless, casual, chance, desultory, directionless, drifting, erratic, fanciful, fickle, fits and starts, flighty, fortuitous, frivolous, goalless, haphazard, heedless, hit-or-miss, indecisive, indiscriminate, irresolute, objectless, pointless, purposeless, random, shiftless, stray, thoughtless, unavailing, undirected, unguided, unplanned, unpredictable, vagrant, wandering, wanton, wayward |
Antonyms: |
determined, directed, goal-oriented, motivated, pointed, purposeful, resolute |
| Main Entry: | cursory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual, hasty |
Synonyms: |
brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, random, rapid, shallow, short, sketchy, slapdash, slight, sloppy, speedy, summary, superficial, swift, uncritical |
| Notes: | cursory means 'superficial'; cursorial is 'pertaining or adapted to running' |
Antonyms: |
complete, meticulous, painstaking, perfect, thorough, unhurried |
| Main Entry: | fitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, fluctuating, haphazard, herky-jerky, hit-or-miss, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, on-again-off-again, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, shifting, spasmodic, spastic, spotty, unstable, variable |
Antonyms: |
constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying |
| Main Entry: | haphazard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without plan or organization |
Synonyms: |
accidental, aimless, all over the map, any old way, any which way, arbitrary, careless, casual, chance, designless, desultory, devil-may-care, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, fluke, helter-skelter, hit-or-miss, incidental, indiscriminate, irregular, loose, offhand, purposeless, random, reckless, slapdash, slipshod, spontaneous, sudden, unconcerned, unconscious, unconsidered, uncoordinated, unexpected, unmethodical, unorganized, unpremeditated, unsystematic, unthinking, willy-nilly |
Antonyms: |
careful, designed, intentional, methodical, organized, planned, straight, systematic, thought-out |
| Main Entry: | helter-skelter |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | carelessly, confused |
Synonyms: |
about, any which way, anyhow, anywise, around, at random, cluttered, disorderly, haphazard, hastily, headlong, higgledy-piggledy, hit-or-miss, hotfoot, hurriedly, impetuously, in confusion, incautiously, incontinently, irregular, jumbled, muddled, pell-mell, random, randomly, rashly, recklessly, topsy-turvy, tumultous/tumultuous, unmindfully, wildly |
Antonyms: |
carefully, methodical, organized, straight, systematic |
| Main Entry: | hit-or-miss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random |
Synonyms: |
accidental, aimless, arbitrary, casual, chance, contingent, fluky, fortuitous, haphazard, incidental, irregular, slipshod, trial-and error, unplanned, unpremeditated |
| Main Entry: | improvised |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made-up |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, ad-lib, autoschediastic, extemporaneous, extempore, extemporized, fly-by-night, hit-or-miss, impromptu, improviso, makeshift, offhand, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied |
Antonyms: |
designed, planned, premediated, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | indiscriminate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | random, chaotic |
Synonyms: |
aimless, assorted, broad, careless, confused, designless, desultory, extensive, general, haphazard, heterogeneous, hit-or-miss, imperceptive, jumbled, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mongrel, motley*, multifarious, promiscuous, purposeless, shallow, spot, superficial, sweeping, unconsidered, uncritical, undiscriminating, unmethodical, unplanned, unselective, unsystematic, varied, variegated, wholesale, wide |
Antonyms: |
chosen, critical, definite, discriminatory, methodical, particular, selective, specific, systematic |
| Main Entry: | intermittent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
Synonyms: |
alternate, arrested, broken, by bits and pieces, checked, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuing, discontinuous, epochal, every other, fitful, here and there, hit-or-miss, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterant, iterative, metrical, now and then, occasional, on and off, periodic, periodical, punctuated, recurrent, recurring, rhythmic, rhythmical, seasonal, serial, shifting, spasmodic, stop-and-go |
Antonyms: |
constant, continual, continuing, perpetual, regular |