Hit-and-miss or hit-or-miss?
hit-and-miss is an adjective meaning “Alternative form of hit-or-miss”; hit-or-miss is an adjective meaning “Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes…”.
What is the difference between hit-and-miss and hit-or-miss?
| hit-and-miss | hit-or-miss | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adjective | adjective |
| Meaning | UKAlternative form of hit-or-miss | USinformalInconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | not counted (the list counts single words) |
Sources: hit-and-miss and hit-or-miss in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of hit-and-miss and hit-or-miss
hit-and-miss
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UKAlternative form of hit-or-miss
hit-or-miss
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USinformalInconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.