scatter-gun
Britishnoun
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What Steil is arguing with his bill is that the stimulus checks are a scatter-gun approach going to all Americans and are not targeted to Americans who need it most.
From Washington Times
The report warned against a "scatter-gun" approach to the selection of future projects and a re-think over how to engage with local communities.
From BBC
He also accused the Home Office of a "scatter-gun approach" towards communicating its visa policy.
From BBC
This scatter-gun approach to the transfer market, though — the undignified, ill-conceived search for anyone at all to play in a forward role, the willingness to add to its already unhealthily bloated salary commitments for the sake of finding cover for Suárez for a few months — is a bright red flag.
From New York Times
It aims to be a more focused way of messaging, allowing people to converse in groups and replace email chains that often scatter-gun information to inboxes that never stop filling up.
From BBC
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