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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How to use patchy in a sentence?

1. Dana Oliver:

   I upgraded my preschool-aged son’s body care earlier this year with the Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade-founded brand, i love that the collection uses recycled materials from post-consumer containers. And because I’m someone who cares just as much as what we put in our bodies as on our bodies, the ingredients are just as good for us as they are for the planet. Our cold-weather favorite is the all-over balm because it keeps dry, patchy skin at bay and gives my son an incredible glow!

2. Paulus Manek:

   We’re not going all out to prevent leprosy, the contacts are not traced. Even though the government has good regulations in place, enforcement on the ground is patchy.

3. 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.

4. Nick Anderson:

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

5. Juta Gurinaviciute:

   NZX hosts many of New Zealand's largest companies, including Fonterra Co-operative Group, which produces over 2 billion liters of milk every year and is the world's largest dairy exporter. Overseas investors owned roughly 40% of the equities market as of December 2018.DDoS attacks aim to disrupt service by flooding a network with large volumes of internet traffic. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange suffered a DDoS attack in September last year, which forced it to suspend trading, while Nasdaq, CBOE and BATS were hit by DDoS attacks for several days in 2012 resulting in patchy access to their websites but no disruptions to trading.The motive for the attack on New Zealand's stock market remains unclear and the exchange has not provided further details. How to protect yourself from cyberattacks while working from homeThis type of attack is becoming much more common, as cybercriminals capitalize on the growth in public clouds and sell their services cheaply on the dark web. DDoS attacks surged 542% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the final three months of 2019, according to cyber security company Nexusguard.''One reason why DDoS attacks are so inexpensive is that more and more people that offer DDoS-for-hire services are leveraging the scale and bandwidth of public clouds.