patchy

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.

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patchi·ly adv.

patchi·ness n.

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patchy [ˈpætʃɪ]

adj patchier, patchiest

1. irregular in quality, occurrence, intensity, etc. a patchy essay

2. having or forming patches

patchily  adv

patchiness  n

Thesaurus

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"

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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)

work → ungleichmäßig, unterschiedlich; knowledge, memory, evidence → lückenhaft; what was the performance like? — patchy → wie war die Aufführung? — gemischt; his second novel however was much patchier → sein zweiter Roman war wesentlicher unausgeglichener; this is the patchiest production I’ve seen them do for a long time → eine derart ungleichmäßige Inszenierung habe ich von ihnen lange nicht mehr gesehen; what’s his work like? — patchy → wie ist seine Arbeit? — unterschiedlich

(lit) material → gefleckt; beard, grass → licht; patchy fog on the coast → an der Küste stellenweise Nebel; the patchy appearance of the half rebuilt city → der 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