Synonyms for patchy
ˈpætʃ ipatchy

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1. patchyadjective

   irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.

   "a patchy essay"; "patchy fog"

   Antonyms:
   even

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1. List of paraphrases for "patchy":

   uneven, fragmented, unequal, sparse, fragmentary, irregular, piecemeal, scattered

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1. Jim Salge:

   Much of New England had a really dry spring, and then we had variable rainfall this summer, some areas have gotten rainfall that’s well above normal, and we have some areas where rainfall has been below normal. Some places are still running a huge deficit for rainfall, while 10 miles away they are right on target or ahead. So it’s going to be a patchy year.

2. Marshall Perrin:

   We believe that, most likely, what we're seeing is more uniform cloud cover on one of these planets versus more patchy cloud cover on the other, where you can see deeper into the atmospheric layers.

3. London Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley:

   All counter-terrorism operations are now more patchy in their intelligence than we've ever seen before, we have had occasions where we have had to prolong dangerous operations and to delay arrests until we can confidently obtain evidence because encryption has been slowing our progress down. That delay makes us all very nervous.

4. Nick Anderson:

   Europe will continue to be patchy ... But it will come through.

5. Jim Salge:

   I ’m expecting that it’s going to be patchy, you ca n’t get great foliage without a good setup in spring or summer. This year the setup is not terrible, but it’s also not ideal.