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spotty

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spot·ty  (spt)
adj. spot·ti·er, spot·ti·est
1. Lacking consistency; uneven.
2. Having or marked with spots; spotted.

spotti·ly adv.
spotti·ness n.

spotty
Adjective
[-tier, -tiest]
1. covered with spots or pimples
2. not consistent; irregular in quality: a rather spotty performance
spottiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.spotty - 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"
patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
2.spotty - lacking consistency; "the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty"
inconsistent - displaying a lack of consistency; "inconsistent statements cannot both be true at the same time"; "inconsistent with the roadmap"

spotty
adjective 1. pimply, pimpled, blotchy, poor-complexioned, plooky-faced Scot.
Translations
spotty [ˈspɔtɪ] adj [face] → con granos
spotty [ˈspɔtɪ] adj [face] → boutonneux/euse
spotty [ˈspɔtɪ] spot adjpickelig
spotty [ˈspɔtɪ] adj [face] → foruncoloso/a


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The fugitive goat, scared and frightened, ran towards the company as if seeking their protection and then stood still, and the goatherd coming up seized it by the horns and began to talk to it as if it were possessed of reason and understanding: "Ah wanderer, wanderer, Spotty, Spotty; how have you gone limping all this time?
Ginger and Pickles sold red spotty pocket- handkerchiefs at a penny three farthings.
The party consisted of the Pole, a wretched looking clerk with a spotty face and a greasy coat, who had not a word to say for himself, and smelt abominably, a deaf and almost blind old man who had once been in the post office and who had been from immemorial ages maintained by someone at Amalia Ivanovna's.
 
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