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patchy
/ ˈpætʃɪ /
adjective
- irregular in quality, occurrence, intensity, etc
a patchy essay
- having or forming patches
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Derived Forms
- ˈpatchily, adverb
- ˈpatchiness, noun
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Other Words From
- patchi·ly adverb
- patchi·ness noun
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Example Sentences
The food and table service for the humans certainly did seem patchy.
(The World Bank's statistics on Venezuela are surprisingly patchy, so this limits the number of variables I could look at).
Though details are still patchy, the timeline was fairly straightforward.
The population distribution of these marvelous creatures is patchy too.
We know British intelligence at the time on WMD was "patchy and sporadic."
The works, as wholes, are not altogether satisfactory in the matter of form, and appear somewhat patchy.
He ran in the direction he thought the would-be assassin must have taken, but the fog was patchy and he misjudged.
The field was a vast place, partly stubbly grass, partly worn and patchy, like a parade-ground.
The Dutch samplers might, as a rule, be described as patchy.
During the following summer we collected seed of the same grasses to sow early in spring in any patchy or bare places.
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