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sketchy

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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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sketch·y   (skěch'ē)   
adj.   sketch·i·er, sketch·i·est

  1. Resembling a sketch; giving only major points or parts.

    1. Lacking in substance or completeness; incomplete.

    2. Slight; superficial.

sketch'i·ly adv., sketch'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
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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