scattergun
Noun
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Noun
scattergun (plural scatterguns)
- A shotgun.
scattergun
- unfocused in approach or topic
- Synonyms: all over the place
- 2016, Darren G. Lilleker, Mark Pack, Political Marketing and the 2015 UK General Election (page 127)
- UKIP's Facebook approach was the most 'scattergun', posting a slew of national messages, presumably in the hope that something might impact locally.
- 2017, Helen Stalford, Kathryn Hollingsworth, Stephen Gilmore, Rewriting Children's Rights Judgments
- While the use of such language in judicial reasoning is not uncommon amongst the more senior Pakistani courts, the acceptance of all pleaded grounds, no matter how 'scattergun' the approach, certainly is.
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