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Scattershot
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Scattershot
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random; haphazard
their approach to conservation is scattershot and unscientific
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Scattershot
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1.
designating a shotgun shell that disperses the shot in a broad pattern
2.
covering many points in a random way
scattershot criticism
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Scattershot
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Covering a wide range in a random way; indiscriminate: "his habit of scattershot comment on whatever issue catches his eye" (Howell Raines).
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