scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
ˈska-tər-ˌshät 
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice
scattershot planning
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Like many of his young costars, Pankow had a scattershot history of roles, including shorts, music videos, and minor parts on TV shows like Solve and The Politician.
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 8 June 2024
Envisioning and, crucially, enacting the limitless subtextual architecture of the plays is the great task, but here, Lila Neugebauer’s actors feel unrooted, their energy too often scattershot or droopy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Biden recounts these memories over the course of more than 90 minutes on a warm spring day, speaking in a quiet, sometimes scattershot way.
—Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
The scattershot approach of approving so many environmental and social initiatives cannot be sustained when cost pressures are high and not matched by income growth.
—Matthew Lau, National Review, 24 May 2024
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Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 8 June 2024
Envisioning and, crucially, enacting the limitless subtextual architecture of the plays is the great task, but here, Lila Neugebauer’s actors feel unrooted, their energy too often scattershot or droopy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024
Biden recounts these memories over the course of more than 90 minutes on a warm spring day, speaking in a quiet, sometimes scattershot way.
—Massimo Calabresi / Washington, TIME, 4 June 2024
The scattershot approach of approving so many environmental and social initiatives cannot be sustained when cost pressures are high and not matched by income growth.
—Matthew Lau, National Review, 24 May 2024
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattershot. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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