hit-or-miss

• “The moms told them that motorized swings and vibrating chairs were hit-or-miss when it came to pacifying infants.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Gadget Gurus for Modern Moms and Dads

• “Translating any story from one medium to another is always a hit-or-miss process.”

  Movie Review – The Watchmen

• “Resort-town theater can be a hit-or-miss proposition, but Cape May Stage's production of "The Understudy" is fully as satisfying as the potent staging of "Doubt" that the company mounted in 2008.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Where All the World's a Stage

• “When writing an on-line journal, sharing one's personal life is often a hit-or-miss operation.”

  Braise The Dog

• “Trying to re-create iconic artistic moments is a hit-or-miss proposition .”

  The Washington Post: JFK is honored in Casals concert redux

• “(Not so much for Seasons 3-5, which were so hit-or-miss.)”

  Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Storytellers: You Are Obligated To Deliver The Goods

• “The industry has suffered from sprawl, with huge stores filled with hit-or-miss fashions and spotty customer service.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Penney Picks Boss From Apple

• “Take Classic Stage Company's ambitious "Chekhov Initiative" cycle, which has been, perhaps inevitably, a hit-or-miss affair in which a very fine "Seagull," directed by Viacheslav Dolgachev in 2008, was followed by Austin Pendleton's interesting but exceedingly uneven "Uncle Vanya" and "Three Sisters.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The End Of the Line

• “For employers, the job search process can often seem like a time-suck and a high stakes game of hit-or-miss.”

  The Huffington Post: Jenny Floren: Like a Needle in a Haystack - Employers and Gen Y Missing the Mark

• “Especially NBC's Chuck, which I've found to be pretty hit-or-miss so far this fall.”

  Matt's TV Week in Review

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