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sketchinesses

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sketch⋅y

  [skech-ee]
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–adjective, sketch⋅i⋅er, sketch⋅i⋅est.
1. like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials.
2. imperfect, incomplete, slight, or superficial: a sketchy meal.
Origin:
1795–1805; sketch + -y 1

Related forms:
sketch⋅i⋅ly, adverb
sketch⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. cursory, rough, meager, crude.
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sketchy

  1. mod.
    unsafe; illegal; risky. (Alluding to danger due to lack of knowledge.) : Why are we going down in the sketchy place on this silly errand?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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