scattershot Synonyms
Strongest:
- chance
- fortuitous
- slapdash
- indiscriminate
- arbitrary
- unplanned
- random
- unpremeditated
- unintentional
- hit-or-miss
- stray
- scattered
- sporadic
- desultory
- aimless
- inadvertent
- unconsidered
- unintended
- haphazard
- shotgun
- incidental
- accidental
Strong:
- undirected
- lucky
- contingent
- flukey
- irregular
- purposeless
- erratic
- directionless
- helter-skelter
- odd
- fluky
- unsystematic
- disorganized
- spot
- casual
- catch-as-catch-can
- chancy
Weak:
Strongest:
- systematic
- regular
- methodical
- continuous
- methodical
- constant
- systematic
- regular
- steady
- stable
- orderly
- continuous
- orderly
- fixed
- regular
- steady
- constant
- regular
- stable
- fixed
- organized
- organized
Strong:
- deliberate
- systematized
- established
- methodic
- even
- established
- even
- systematized
- deliberate
- planned
- set
- methodic
- set
- planned
- nonrandom
- arranged
- nonrandom
- 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
chance, fortuitous, slapdash, indiscriminate, arbitrary, unplanned, random, unpremeditated, unintentional, hit-or-miss
systematic, regular, methodical, continuous, methodical, constant, systematic, regular, steady, stable
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.
