scattershot
adjective
scat·ter·shot
ˈska-tər-ˌshät 
: broadly and often randomly inclusive : shotgun
scattershot advice
scattershot planning
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That campaign is scattershot, Meta said, often posting about random topics like Kanye West, business self-help and recipes, but linking back to fake news websites that promote Russia’s perspective of the war on Ukraine.
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Kevin Collier, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
The new film concocts a much more elaborate tale, yielding a scattershot narrative that’s more confusing than coherent.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
The scattershot attack on Harris was interspersed with even stranger musings.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
In his two-hour interview on X with Elon Musk on Monday, Donald Trump was his usual self, covering a wide range of topics in a scattershot fashion.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Collier, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
The new film concocts a much more elaborate tale, yielding a scattershot narrative that’s more confusing than coherent.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
The scattershot attack on Harris was interspersed with even stranger musings.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
In his two-hour interview on X with Elon Musk on Monday, Donald Trump was his usual self, covering a wide range of topics in a scattershot fashion.
—Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Scattershot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scattershot. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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