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scattershot
[skat-er-shot]
adjective
delivered over a wide area and at random; generalized and indiscriminate.
a scattershot attack on the proposed program.
scattershot
/ ˈæəˌʃɒ /
adjective
random; haphazard
their approach to conservation is scattershot and unscientific
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scattershot1
Example Sentences
Up to now, the policy has been haphazardly applied, through scattershot raids on locations such as Home Depot parking lots.
He believes that Trump's chaotic, scattershot approach - including last week's comments - could end up less effective than a more methodical restructuring of American universities.
He’s not a scattershot but he’s not exact.
But numerous academic experts and medical professionals believe those moves, while well intended, have been scattershot and insufficient.
Texas state lawmakers have united around two, bipartisan bills that seek to clarify the exceptions to the state's strict abortion ban and unify it's scattershot abortion laws.
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