scatter-gun
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At the same time he was undermined by a scatter-gun transfer policy.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
If we consider the scatter-gun nature of the seeming satire that Charlie Hebdo dispensed we can see quite clearly that it fails to pass the test.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2015
Unfortunately these attributes can also result in a scatter-gun approach towards development where the community becomes fractured as different people chase different opportunities.
From Forbes ● Oct. 28, 2013
But the scatter-gun approach, in which every bank tried to trade every physical market without achieving economies of scale, has passed its sell-by date.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2013
And every smile that she sent forth lodged, like pellets from a scatter-gun, in as many hearts.
From The Four Million by Henry, O.
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