patchy
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| —adj , patchier, patchiest | |
| 1. | irregular in quality, occurrence, intensity, etc: a patchy essay |
| 2. | having or forming patches |
| 'patchily | |
| —adv | |
| 'patchiness | |
| —n | |
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Patchy
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Also, consider laying down sod in patchy areas of the lawn.
But efforts to reintegrate fighters from the war into the army and police have been patchy.
The choice of what is legally available online today is patchy.
In developed countries, the reasons are often unclear why stillbirths occur, and surveillance and autopsy data are patchy.
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