scatter-gun

noun

1. a shotgun

Example Sentences

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