/ Dictionary / Index H hit-or-miss: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: hit-or-miss Pronunciation: (hit'ur-mis'), [key] — adj. careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: hit-or-miss (Thesaurus) hit man hit parade Related Content Daily Word Quiz: censure Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language