patchy
English
Etymology
From patch + -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)#PATCHY.
Pronunciation
Adjective
patchy (comparative patchier, superlative patchiest)Category:English lemmas#PATCHYCategory:English adjectives#PATCHYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PATCHYCategory:Pages with entries#PATCHYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#PATCHY
- Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.
- Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven.
- patchy cloudsCategory:English terms with usage examples#PATCHY
- a patchy performanceCategory:English terms with usage examples#PATCHY
- 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:
- Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more.Category:English terms with quotations#PATCHY
Synonyms
- (not constant or continuous): spasmodic, stop-start; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
Derived terms
Translations
Full of, or covered with, patches
Not constant or continuous
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