crapshoot

Example Sentences

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Admission to a highly selective college like Harvard is a hopeless crapshoot, and the lack of a standardized testing requirement has turned the application process into a “super gray area,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mainstream critical acclaim will always be a crapshoot for a superhero movie.

From Washington Post

Trying to hit the sweet spot of being sick enough to need the transplant but well enough to tolerate the surgery is a crapshoot worthy of regulation by the gambling authorities.

From Washington Post

The Talk feels like such a crapshoot when the culture of violence we have upheld historically allows police officers to do what they want to Black people.

From Salon

Certainly it will come under legal challenge, but the courts’ reaction is a crapshoot.

From Los Angeles Times