scattershot

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   covering a wide range in a haphazard way

   Similarundiscriminating

Questions about scattershot

What does scattershot mean?

scattershot means "covering a wide range in a haphazard way".

How many syllables are in scattershot?

scattershot has 3 syllables: scat-ter-shot. The stress falls on "scat". In IPA it is /ˈskætɚˌʃɑt/.

Is scattershot a common word?

scattershot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with scattershot?

13 words rhyme with scattershot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.