sketchy
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i adjective, sketch·i·er, sketch·i·est.
2.
imperfect, incomplete, slight, or superficial: a sketchy meal.
3.
Informal.
a.
unreliable or unsafe: That street looks pretty sketchy.
b.
disreputable or shady: I'd stay away from him; he's got a sketchy past.
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| —adj , sketchier, sketchiest | |
| 1. | characteristic of a sketch; existing only in outline |
| 2. | superficial or slight |
| 3. | informal uncertain or unreliable |
| 'sketchily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sketchiness | |
| —n | |
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Sketchy
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
But they're particularly rough for the lightning gun company with a sketchy past and indicted investors.
Some suspected that the models used to justify the flight ban were based on sketchy data and incomplete science.
It is based on sketchy time records and incomplete material records.
Even when cost-reduction is a target, the plans for realising it are often worryingly sketchy.
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