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Definition of Scattershot
1. Adjective. Covering a wide range in a haphazard way.
Definition of Scattershot
1. Adjective. Covering a broad range in a random and unsystematic way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scattershot
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scattershot
Literary usage of Scattershot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"... I am booktalking to a group of kids I do not know well, I use sort of a
scattershot approach. I talk about as wide a variety of books as I can, ..."
2. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"... theoretical perspectives should be thoughtfully chosen to create a coherent
approach, not a scattershot attempt hoping to hit some technique that works. ..."
3. Getting to the Top in the USSR: Cyclical Patterns in the Leadership by R. Judson Mitchell (1990)
"During his first months in office, Gorbachev seemed to be taking a scattershot
approach, trying to spread his net as widely as possible, improving relations ..."
4. Pirates on the High Seas: The United States and Global Intellectual Property by Benedicte Callan (1998)
"... CONSTRAINTS IN ADDITION TO unclear goals, recent IP policy has been scattershot
because American actions are constrained, politically and monetarily. ..."
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