A shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter)
Else clues• *Bit of campaign nastiness
• Aimless bit of gunfire
• Careless criticism
• Crack at an easy target
• Critical remark
• Hit-or-miss proposition
• Incidental criticism
• Matter of chance
• Offhand barb
• Random attack
• Random criticism
• Wild criticism
• Criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration