scattershot Synonyms
Strongest:
- inadvertent
- incidental
- scattered
- hit-or-miss
- unintended
- aimless
- fortuitous
- arbitrary
- accidental
- sporadic
- chance
- unpremeditated
- random
- desultory
- haphazard
- unplanned
- stray
- unconsidered
- unintentional
- slapdash
- shotgun
- indiscriminate
Strong:
- undirected
- disorganized
- irregular
- flukey
- erratic
- fluky
- casual
- helter-skelter
- unsystematic
- catch-as-catch-can
- lucky
- purposeless
- directionless
- spot
- contingent
- chancy
- odd
Weak:
Strongest:
- regular
- steady
- orderly
- continuous
- methodical
- steady
- fixed
- regular
- fixed
- systematic
- methodical
- continuous
- regular
- constant
- stable
- orderly
- regular
- stable
- systematic
- constant
- organized
- organized
Strong:
- methodic
- established
- arranged
- nonrandom
- systematized
- set
- established
- deliberate
- planned
- methodic
- even
- set
- systematized
- deliberate
- nonrandom
- even
- planned
- arranged
Weak:
scattershot Meaning
scattershot (s)
covering a wide range in a haphazard way
scattershot Sentence Examples
- The shooter fired a scattershot that spread widely, hitting multiple targets.
- The scattershot approach failed miserably, missing the intended goal.
- The marketing campaign was a scattershot, targeting too many demographics with limited success.
- The debate devolved into a scattershot exchange of insults, with little constructive dialogue.
- The researcher's scattershot methodology yielded countless data points but lacked coherence.
- The scattershot weather forecast was unreliable, alternating between sunny and stormy.
- The police fired a scattershot of warning shots to disperse the crowd.
- The salesperson's scattershot pitch confused potential customers rather than persuading them.
- The politician's scattershot policies addressed various issues but lacked a cohesive vision.
- The scattershot of ideas generated during the brainstorming session left the team feeling overwhelmed.
FAQs About the word scattershot
covering a wide range in a haphazard way
inadvertent, incidental, scattered, hit-or-miss, unintended, aimless, fortuitous, arbitrary, accidental, sporadic
regular, steady, orderly, continuous, methodical, steady, fixed, regular, fixed,systematic
The shooter fired a scattershot that spread widely, hitting multiple targets.
The scattershot approach failed miserably, missing the intended goal.
The marketing campaign was a scattershot, targeting too many demographics with limited success.
The debate devolved into a scattershot exchange of insults, with little constructive dialogue.
