scatter-gun
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
If there is a prevailing theme to Curtis' scatter-gun show, it may well be the currently fashionable one of globalisation and openness to influences.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2011
I've flashed my candle along the drift face, where it looked like gold had been shot in with a scatter-gun.
From Pardners by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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