sketchiness

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sketch·y

 (skĕch′ē)
adj. sketch·i·er, sketch·i·est
1. Resembling a sketch; drawn with little detail: a sketchy map.
2. Missing important points or lacking in detail; not thorough: sketchy evidence; sketchy memories.
3. Informal
a. Of questionable authenticity or trustworthiness: a sketchy accent; a sketchy character.
b. Of dubious safety; potentially harmful or dangerous: a sketchy neighborhood.

sketch′i·ly adv.
sketch′i·ness n.
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Noun1.sketchiness - incompleteness of details
incompleteness, rawness - the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect; "the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research"; "the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable"
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Translations
سَطْحِيَّه
útřžkovitost
mangelfuldhed
Skizzenhaftigkeit
vázlatosság
ófullkomleiki
poca chiarezza
skissepreg
taslak hâlinde olma
粗略

sketchiness

nFlüchtigkeit f, → Oberflächlichkeit f; (= insufficiency)Unzulänglichkeit f
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sketch

(sketʃ) noun
1. a rough plan, drawing or painting. He made several sketches before starting the portrait.
2. a short (written or spoken) account without many details. The book began with a sketch of the author's life.
3. a short play, dramatic scene etc. a comic sketch.
verb
1. to draw, describe, or plan without completing the details.
2. to make rough drawings, paintings etc. She sketches as a hobby.
ˈsketchy adjective
1. incompletely done or carried out. a sketchy search.
2. slight or incomplete. a sketchy knowledge of French.
ˈsketchily adverb
ˈsketchiness noun
ˈsketch-book noun
a book for drawing sketches in.
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But I'd rather see him do something mindless and completely random like that, than exhibit the sort of persistent sketchiness and erratic uncertainty in front of goal that Karius and Mignolet often exhibited.
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But aside from all the very real problems and even sketchiness with this lawsuit, something must've happened.
Richly worked passages contrast with sketchiness, while the apricot shades of her costume are offset by pops of Prussian blue and the deep tones--iridescent purples and aquamarine among them--of his garb.
The nervous energy and aggressive sketchiness of the thumbnails may be seen as a symptom of Fragonard's anxious eagerness to recuperate these works, dispersed among their owners and throughout the market, for his own artistic benefit.
In this regard, three questions need to be answered to clear up the sketchiness that surrounds the relationship between Iran and the Taliban: If indeed the accusations are true, then why the change in Iran's policy; when did this policy change take place ; and what is the level of support afforded to the Taliban by Iran?
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Well suited to Hillcoat's gifts for low-boil suspense and brutal eruptions of violence in close, male-dominated quarters, the film has grit and atmosphere to burn but also a certain narrative sketchiness, as though unable to reconcile its sharp sociological portraiture with the pleasures of a more robustly plotted crime yarn.
However, the range of material that Stapleton is taking on in two relatively short chapters can also lead to some sketchiness in her argument.
The author's small set of characters develop well from their initial sketchiness. The tight plot trots along perhaps too much like clockwork, with everything tied up a little too neatly at the end, but that's a small criticism for a first novel.
Both figures are rendered with such sketchiness that few facial or bodily details can be recognized.
Hence the unavoidable sketchiness of this narration.
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