spottily

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They also suffer from too little sustained attention from local media, which has covered these issues spottily at best.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

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

Also, text is generally searchable online, a function that still works spottily at best for video.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 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