hit-or-miss
/ˈhɪt·ərˈmɪs/ adj (also hit-and-miss /ˈhɪt·ənˈmɪs/)Definition
› as likely to be bad as to be good, esp. because of not being planned or organized well: The service you get in these big stores can be hit-or-miss, depending on the salesperson you talk to.
(Definition of hit-or-miss adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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