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patchy
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patch·y  (pch)
adj. patch·i·er, patch·i·est
1. Made up of or marked by patches: patchy trousers.
2. Uneven in quality or performance: Their work is patchy at best.

patchi·ly adv.
patchi·ness n.

patchy [ˈpætʃɪ]
adj patchier, patchiest
1. irregular in quality, occurrence, intensity, etc. a patchy essay
2. having or forming patches
patchily  adv
patchiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.patchy - irregular or uneven in quality, texture, etc.; "a patchy essay"; "patchy fog"
uneven - not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain"

patchy
adjective
1. uneven, irregular, variegated, spotty, mottled, dappled Bottle tans can make your legs look a patchy orange colour.
uneven even, regular, unbroken
2. irregular, varying, variable, random, erratic, uneven, sketchy, fitful, bitty, inconstant The response to the strike call has been patchy.
irregular constant, unbroken, unvarying
Translations
patchy [ˈpætʃɪ] ADJ (patchier (compar) (patchiest (superl))) [performance] → desigual, poco uniforme; [knowledge] → incompleto; [clouds] → disperso; [fog] → discontinuo
patchy [ˈpætʃi] adj
[colour] → inégal(e)
patchy fog → des nappes fpl de brouillard
(= incomplete) [information] → fragmentaire; [knowledge] → imparfait(e); [education, results] → plein(e) de lacunes
(= not consistently good) [performance] → inégal(e)
patchy
adj (+er)
workungleichmäßig, unterschiedlich; knowledge, memory, evidencelückenhaft; what was the performance like? — patchywie war die Aufführung? — gemischt; his second novel however was much patchiersein zweiter Roman war wesentlicher unausgeglichener; this is the patchiest production I’ve seen them do for a long timeeine derart ungleichmäßige Inszenierung habe ich von ihnen lange nicht mehr gesehen; what’s his work like? — patchywie ist seine Arbeit? — unterschiedlich
(lit) materialgefleckt; beard, grasslicht; patchy fog on the coastan der Küste stellenweise Nebel; the patchy appearance of the half rebuilt cityder Eindruck von Flickwerk, den die zur Hälfte neu aufgebaute Stadt vermittelt
patchy [ˈpætʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (performance) → pieno/a di alti e bassi; (knowledge) → incompleto/a; (fog) → a banchi; (colour) → irregolare
patchy [ˈpætʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (performance) → pieno/a di alti e bassi; (knowledge) → incompleto/a; (fog) → a banchi; (colour) → irregolare


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