scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
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Definition of scattershot
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice scattershot planning
Examples of scattershot in a Sentence
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Instead, the city says its goal is to prevent scattershot camping that occurs summertime and during popular local events. — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, "Why did Fairhope make sleeping in vehicles illegal?," 16 Aug. 2019 The policy outlines mentioned by the president were scattershot at best - many of them unlikely, poorly defined or marginal in impact. — Author: Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, "Analysis: When a divisive leader aims to act as the nation’s healer after mass shootings," 6 Aug. 2019 Twitter is a little bit more scattershot and a little bit more inside baseball. — Jeannette Hinkle, azcentral, "Trump fans get crash course in social media messaging from GOP ahead of 2020," 5 July 2019 Golfers will attempt to rebound from Thursday's scattershot opening round during Friday's Round 2 (starting at 1:30 a.m. ET on Golf Channel). — Editors, USA TODAY, "'Lion King' roars into theaters, British Open Round 2, Suzanne Eaton case: 5 things to know Friday," 19 July 2019 Already, some in city government are trying to pull back from the scattershot tax method. — Gregory Barber, WIRED, "No More Deals: San Francisco Considers Raising Taxes on Tech," 16 July 2019 This time, Valve’s approach is a bit more advanced—and a bit more scattershot. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "Valve's intriguing 'Steam Labs' experiments help you find new games to play in a sea of releases," 11 July 2019 The donations often seem scattershot in their aims and amounts: twenty dollars for a breast-cancer nonprofit, five thousand for a dog shelter, a hundred thousand for the Utah Film Center. — Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, "The Strange Story of a Secret Literary Fellowship," 16 June 2019 Lawmakers’ approach to tax relief for disasters is separate from post-disaster spending, and the tax side has been scattershot, both in terms of what incentives get offered and which disasters are included. — Richard Rubin, WSJ, "After Scattered Efforts, Congress Weighs Blanket Tax Breaks for Disaster Victims," 20 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scattershot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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