spottily

Example Sentences

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The trespasser’s name was Richard Allen Davis, 39, a spottily employed sheet metal worker who had been paroled three months earlier on a kidnapping conviction from the state prison in San Luis Obispo.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

Noting that Taliban commitments made to foreigners in Kabul were met only spottily in various places, Griffiths said he asked Baradar for all agreements in writing.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

Stringent rules that are spottily enforced — and spottily ignored.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Although conservation laws are spottily enforced, the federal police had at times worked with N.G.O.s to mount aggressive raids.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2019

The effort, while spottily executed, was alarming enough to spur one foreign industry association to lodge a complaint with the government.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2012