Synonyms for spotty
ˈspɒt ispot·ty

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1. patched, spotty, spottedadjective

   having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)

   "a field patched with ice and snow"; "the wall had a spotty speckled effect"; "a black-and-white spotted cow"

   Synonyms:
   patched, scratchy, uneven, spotted

   Antonyms:
   unpatterned, plain, consistent

2. spotty, uneven, scratchyadjective

   lacking consistency

   "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"

   Synonyms:
   fractious, pettish, rough, peckish, petulant, peevish, uneven, nettlesome, gravelly, spotted, tetchy, irritable, odd, mismatched, abrasive, scratchy, patched, grating, techy, cranky, raspy, testy, rasping

   Antonyms:
   plain, unpatterned, consistent

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1. spottyadjective

   Synonyms:
   SPOTTED

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1. List of paraphrases for "spotty":

   uneven, unequal

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1. Justin Rose:

   I feel like if I didn't play here it was going to be a little spotty going into the Open, i wanted to play enough golf where I'd have a read on my game going into Shinnecock. All aspects of my game are showing signs.

2. Dennis Woodside:

   I can't say 100 % with certainty that in nine months — if there's a massive spike in demand — that we won't see some spotty shortages.

3. Comptroller Scott Stringer:

   New York City Bike Share's management of Citi Bike left too many New Yorkers in the lurch, while Citi Bike has become part of our urban landscape, auditors found that the bike sharing program's spotty maintenance, poorly-cleaned bikes and substandard docking stations inconvenienced riders and discouraged growth in the system.

4. Robert Johansson:

   Drones right now are able to detect pest outbreaks in fields so you could argue they would be very good for USDA it is just that the coverage is too spotty.

5. Derek Scissors:

   There are many, many laws on Chinese books that don't get enforced. It will turn out that enforcement is quite spotty.