Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

sketchy

[skech-ee] / ˈskɛtʃ i /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

However, analysts have noted that the details have remained sketchy, including whether there will be a fee to access the waterway.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The hill is the Duke of Richmond’s driveway, a narrow lane taking in nine surprisingly sketchy turns, a bit more than a mile long, ascending the grounds of Goodwood Estate in West Sussex.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

One way to make this less of a sketchy move is to check in first.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

"If you're with someone who has a sketchy background, then you should be made aware of that," said Johnstone.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

I am sorry, as well, to present such a sketchy and disappointing exegesis of what is in fact the central part of my story.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Meanwhile, El Niño has helped wash away sand from Newport Beach, making most dangerous surf spot—the Wedge—even sketchier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Omicron’s impact is difficult to gauge in other parts of the world, where data are often sketchier.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2022

But it is also about the narrative of a community in rapid flux: amid the upheaval, is a free apartment a glitch from the sketchier past, something to be rectified in the name of progress?

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2019

But for loved ones caught up the wake, navigating is even sketchier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2018

Naturally, Europe and its many loops were well-defined, but farther afield things got sketchier.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

He messaged Lutz about his experiences: “It was definitely the sketchiest thing I have ever had to do.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

“The majority gives only the sketchiest of reasons for reversing Teague’s watershed exception,” Kagan wrote.

From Slate ● May 17, 2021

Over two recording sessions for Columbia Records in early 1959, Davis would hand out the sketchiest of outlines for the music and leave the rest to extemporization.

From Washington Post ● May 25, 2020

The movie gives only the sketchiest description of the roots of acoustic folk music and the story of how it was absorbed into the pop mainstream.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2013

Their skippers had the sketchiest idea of what constituted proper clearance papers and why such papers must agree with their present voyage.

From Pan-Islam by G. Wyman (George Wyman) Bury




Vocabulary lists containing sketchy


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com