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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

broad in range but somewhat random and disorganized;

e.g. She gave a rather scattershot explanation for the phenomenon, which they found difficult to follow.

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Similar Words

Accidental

Aimless

Arbitrary

Casual

Catch-as-catch-can

Chance

Chancy

Contingent

Desultory

Disorderly

Disorganized

Erratic

Fluky

Fortuitous

Haphazard

Helter-skelter

Hit-or-miss

Inadvertent

Incidental

Indiscriminate

Irregular

Lucky

Odd

Purposeless

Random

Shotgun

Slapdash

Sporadic

Spot

Stray

Unconsidered

Undiscriminating

Unintended

Unintentional

Unplanned

Unpremeditated

Unsystematic

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Opposite Words

Aware

Conscious

Constant

Continuous

Deliberate

Established

Even

Fixed

Methodical

Ordered

Orderly

Organized

Purposeful

Regular

Set

Stable

Steady

Systematic

Thoughtful

Willful

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Related Words

Aimless

Arbitrary

Catch-as-catch-can

Desultory

Erratic

Haphazard

Helter-skelter

Hit-or-miss

Random

Slapdash

Stray

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