"hit-or-miss" meaning in English

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        "Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern."
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        "(now chiefly US) Inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing with no apparent pattern."
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          "word": "hitty-missy"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing",
          "word": "próba szerencse"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing",
          "word": "találomra"
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          "sense": "inconsistent, unpredictable, erratic; sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing",
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          "word": "ensayo y error"
        }
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