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patchy

adj
/ˈpæt͡ʃi/

Etymology

From patch + -y.

  1. derived from pieche
  2. inherited from *plakjō✻ — “spot, stain”
  3. inherited from *plakkju✻
  4. inherited from *plæċċ✻
  5. inherited from pacche
  6. formed as patchy — “patch + -y”

Definitions

  1. Full of, or covered with, patches

    Full of, or covered with, patches; abounding in patches.

  2. Not constant or continuous

    Not constant or continuous; intermittent or uneven.

    • patchy clouds
    • a patchy performance
    • Added to these woes was the Treasury's demands for across-the-board train operator cost-cutting of broadly 10%. Passenger rail's slow, patchy and fragile recovery had the stuffing knocked out of it once more.

The neighborhood

Derived

patchily, patchiness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA